STUDY GUIDE
Unit Two Standards SS8H3 and SS8H4
1. What role did Nancy Hart play in Georgia history?
2. Why was the Battle of Kettle Creek Important?
3. Why were Georgians reluctant to join the colonist in the
revolution?
4. Why did many Georgians boycott British goods, such as
paint and tea, during the mid-1700s?
5. Why did the patriots want independence from British rule?
6. What goods were taxed by the stamp act?
7. Elijah Clark and Austin Dabney defeated the loyalist at
what battle?
8. What does the term loyalist describe? Patriot?
9. Who fought in the French and Indian War? What was the
lasting effect?
10. What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
11. Who were the three Georgia Delegates that signed the
Declaration of Independence?
12. What restrictions did the Proclamation of 1763 put on the
colonists? Why did this anger them?
13. Why was Britain taxing goods in the colonies?
14. What did the quartering Act require of the colonist?
What was the result of the Siege of Savannah?
15. At the battle of Kettle Creek, why was Austin Dabney
singled out by the State of Georgia?
16. Why was Georgia no longer considered a royal colony in
1776?
Which rights are demanded by the colonists in the Declaration
of Independence?
Identify and tell the significance of the following:
Nancy Hart
Austin Dabney
George Walton
Lyman Hall
Elijah Clark
Button Gwinett