Unit 3 a Post Test Review for Test

Unit 3 a Post Test Review for Test Corrections

What am I? 1. These are used by a government to generate (raise) revenue (money). 1. Taxes 2. An act which forbade colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains after the French & Indian War? 1. Proclamation of 1763 3. Placed a tax on Sugar & Molasses imports? 1. Sugar Act 4. Required a stamp to be purchased and placed upon paper documents, playing cards, and dice? 1. Stamp Act 5. Placed a tax on paper, paint, lead, tea, and glass? 1. Townshend Act 6. Was a punishment for the Boston Tea Party? 1. Intolerable Acts 7. One of the Intolerable Acts, which required colonists to feed and house British soldiers. 1. Quartering Act

What am I? 1. I am a part of the Declaration of Independence which lists the problems or issues the colonists had with the actions of King George III 1. List of Grievances 2. I am a part of the Declaration of Independence which officially declares the United States to be a free and independent country 1. Official Declaration 3. I am a part of the Declaration of Independence which introduced the main reasons the colonists wanted to break from British rule 1. Preamble 4. I am a document that establishes the framework (outline) for a country’s government 1. A Constitution 5. I was the first governing document for the United States of America 1. Articles of Confederation 6. I was the first Colonial victory in battle in Georgia 1. Battle of Kettle Creek 7. I was a battle which was a loss for the patriots, and resulted in Georgia’s capital being under British control until the end of the Revolution 1. Siege of Savannah

Who am I? • Colonel who led the patriots to victory at the Battle of Kettle Creek & the Battle of Augusta • Elijah Clarke • Primary (main) author of the Declaration of Independence • Thomas Jefferson • Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett, George Walton • Georgia’s signers of the Declaration of Independence • Abraham Baldwin, William Few • Georgia’s signers of the US Constitution • I wanted for the colonies to remain under British control • Loyalists • I wanted the colonies to break from British control • Patriots

Battles in GA • Battle of Kettle Creek • Who Won? • Patriot (colonial) militia • What did the winners get as a result? • Horses, supplies, increase in morale • Siege of Savannah • Who Won? • The British/Loyalist forces • What happened as a result? • Savannah remained under British control until the end of the Revolution

Articles of Confederation & Constitution • What does “no taxation without representation” mean? • Colonists did not want to be taxed by a government (Parliament) in which they had no colonial representatives (no say so) • Why did the Articles of Confederation create such a weak government? • To prevent one person or branch of government from becoming too powerful • What branch(es) of Government did the Articles of confederation create? • Only a Legislative branch – no Executive (President) or Judicial (courts) branches • Why did the founders have to change the Articles? • The document had too many weaknesses to correct • What was the purpose of the US Constitution? • To create a balanced government, with rules and limits • What issue did the Great Compromise settle the debate on? • Representation for voting in the Legislative Branch • Why did many people in GA want a strong national government? • Protection from: Native Americans and Spanish Florida, and protection for trade