British acts
Results of the French and Indian War
Vocabulary
Loyalists
Patriots
100
a law passed by parliament in 1765 that required all legal documents to carry an official stamp showing a tax had been paid
What is the stamp act
100
by way of taxes
how did the French and Indian War lead to the American Revolution
100
a group of radical colonists who actively opposed the British
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
100
a group that didn't believe in war due to religious beliefs
who were the Quakers
100
Georgians who hated British taxes
Who were the Patriots?
200
a law passed by paliament in 1765 that required the colonists to house and supply british soldiers
What is the quartering act
200
canada
what country did british take over after the french and indian war
200
another name for Loyalists
Who were the Tories?
200
because Britain had been very generous, buying huge tracts of land and opening it for settlement
why were Georgians loyal?
200
because they wanted to be free from britain because they were born americans and didn't want to follow britains rules
why were american born georgians patriots
300
a serie of taxes passed by parliament in 1767 that established taxes on goods bought in the british colonies
What are the townshed acts
300
the louisiana territory
what did the french give the spanish after the french and indian war
300
another name for the patriots
who were the whigs
300
georgia was being threatened of an attack from the creek indians
What was one reason georgians needed british troops?
300
they wanted a larger and more representive legislature to run the colony
why were younger georgians patriots
400
alaw passed in 1764 that included closer enforcement of merchants sugar purchases
What is the sugar act
400
no
did the british let the colonists settle on the western frontier
400
a group of colonists who exchanged letters on colonial affairs
who were the commitees of corrrespondence
400
because they didnt know how to live on their own
why were the older georgians and recent immigrants loyal?
400
savannah
where were most jews patriots
500
the quartering act
What act caused nancy hart to kill 6 british soldiers
500
florida
what did great britain obtain from spain
500
battles of lexington and concord which marked the beggining of the revolutionary war
what was the "shots heard around the world"
500
True
true/false: the Germans in Ebenezer were largely Loyalists
500
Highland Scots
What group of Georgians from Darien was strongly Patriots?
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