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This first president was chosen to lead the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
During the fall of 1779, patriots—aided by France, tried desperately to retake Savannah.
What is the Siege of Savannah?
This proclamation denied colonists the opportunity to move west after the French Indian War and instead reserved the land for Native Americans.
Proclamation of 1763
A complaint listed in the Declaration of Independence.
What is a Grievance?
Name one...
This branch of the Legislature is based on a state's population.
What is the House of Representatives?
Aided by South Carolinians, this Patriot led a force of Georgia rebels in an attack against British loyalists at the Battle of Kettle Creek.
Who is Elijah Clarke?
This deadly riot occurred when British soldiers fired into a crowd of Colonists on March 5, 1770, killing five unarmed civilians including Crispus Attucks.
The Boston Massacre?
This early Act, forced colonists to pay a tax on paper and sending mail. The colonists responded with cries of "no taxation without representation".
What is the Stamp Act?
Someone who supported King George III, including Salzburgers and Scottish Highlanders, recent arrivals to the colonies and wealthy traders.
What is a loyalist?
The Articles of Confederation gave too much power to the states. Nothing was getting done. This document replaced the Articles in 1787.
What is the Constitution?
In the list of grievances of the Declaration of Independence, the colonists are writing to this monarch.
Who is King George III
The shot heard round the world is said to have been fired during this battle.
What is Lexington and Concord?
This was the law that required colonists to pay for the accomodations of British soldiers, food, shelter, etc.
What is the Quartering Act?
The document that stated America is their own free country.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Under the Articles of Confederation, this is how many votes each state gets, regardless of its size or population.
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This man, along with George Walton and Lyman Hall signed the Declaration of Independence at Assembly Hall in Philadelphia.
Who is Button Gwinnett?
This battle provided the patriots with badly needed supplies and won over many Georgians who had been unsupportive of the war.
What is the Battle of Kettle Creek
Also known as the Seven Years War, this battle between Britain vs. France and their Native allies raged over control of the Ohio River Valley.
What is the French Indian War?
The Articles of Confederation established a weak central (federal) government. These are some of the limitations it created. Name two:
Congress the power to pass laws but not to enforce those laws.
No court system to settle disputes between states
Congress could not raise a military
Congress could not collect taxes
Votes had to be unanimous to pass laws.
Each state, big or small had an equal vote
Which two countries came to the colonists aide to defeat Great Britain?
What are Spain and France?
People who wanted the American colonies to gain their independence from Britain.
British general Charles Cornwallis surrendered here in 1781.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This is the name of the colonists had for the Coercive Acts, which were meant to punish the Colonists for their Tea Party protest.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
A group of individuals united together for a purpose—in this case, the 13 states that had been British colonies before the war.
What is a confederation?
What was the name of the treaty that ended the American Revolution?
What is the Treaty of Paris?