American Revolution
study guide answers
1. Who fought in the French and Indian War?
What were they fighting over?
Britain and France
Territory in the interior of North America
2. What effect did this war have on the
colonists?
Britain expected the colonists to pay for
the taxes
3. What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
How did it make the colonists feel?
Forbid colonists to settle west of the
Appalachian Mountains; felt they were
denied right to own land (right to property)
4. What did the Sugar Act do? Which group
of people was affected the most by it?
Lowered tax on sugar but made it harder
to import; traders
5. What was the Quartering Act?
Colonists were forced to house and feed
British soldiers in public places
6. What was the Stamp Act? Who was affected
by it? How did colonists react?
Required a tax on stamps, which had to be
on all legal and commercial documents;
colonists; “No taxation without
representation”
7. What were the Intolerable Acts? How did
the colonist react?
Acts passed by Britain in response to the Boston Tea
Party; included closing Boston Harbor and
quartering of troops in private homes; called
First Continental Congress
8. What is a Loyalist? What is a Patriot?
Person who sided with Britain (aka Tory);
person who rebelled against Britain
(aka Whig)
9. Identify the following people:
James royal governor of GA
Wright during the American
Revolution
Elijah GA patriot that
10. Where did the first battles of the
American Revolution occur?
Lexington and Concord
11. Explain the significance of the Battle
of Kettle Creek.
Patriot victory in GA; gained much needed
supplies to help defeat the rest of the
British in Georgia’s backcountry
12. Why were most Georgians undecided on
supporting the rebellion or staying loyal to
Britain?
Military support, economic support, popular
royal governor
13. What was the main purpose of writing
the Declaration of Independence?
Justify the war against Britain and declare
independence
14. What was the main purpose of
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense?
Persuade people of advantages of declaring
independence
15. Who were the three signers of the
Declaration of Independence from Georgia?
Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton
16. Why did both the colonists and the
British troops want to occupy
Savannah?
To control the port and supply line; British
controlled Savannah until 1782.