People
Who was the GA signer of the D of I who was killed in a duel?
Button Gwinnett
What was the first official battles of the Revolution fought outside of Boston?
Lexington and Concord
Law forcing colonists to house British soldiers in their homes
What is the Quartering Act?
Colonist who wanted to stay true to the British crown during the Revolutionary War
What is a Loyalist or Tory?
Allowed the southern states to count every five slaves as three people
What is the 3/5ths Compromise?
Who was a former slave that saved a colonels life and received his freedom and land because of his heroics?
Austin Dabney
The day the Declaration of Independence was signed
What is July 4, 1776
Law that placed a tax on all paper goods
What is the Stamp Act?
Who wanted independence from the British during the Revolution?
Patriots/Whigs
Georgia militia partnered with French ships to re-take a city, but failed to do
What is the Siege of Savannah?
Who was saved during the only Patriot victory in GA by a slave?
Elijah Clarke
Established by British parliament forbidding colonists settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Leading cause of the American Revolution
What is the French & Indian War?
Gives each branch of the government certain powers over the others, to ensure no 1 branch becomes too powerful?
What is Checks & Balances?
Came up with the Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention
Who is James Madison?
Who conducted the Midnight Ride letting the colonist know "The Regulars are Coming"?
Paul Revere
Caused the states to conduct the Constitutional Convention?
What is Shays Rebellion
Punishment for the Boston Tea Party
What are the Intolerable Acts?
First ten amendments to the constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
Revolutionary War battle was the turning point of the war
Battle of Saratoga
Who from GA changed his vote to side with the small states?
Abraham Baldwin
Colonist dressing up as Natives & committed acts of vandalism & destruction
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Due to this Florida now belongs to the British
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1763?
Government imposes a financial obligation on its citizens to help increase their economic stability.
What is taxes?
Final battle of the American Revolution?
What is Yorktown?