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Study Guide: H4 & H5
1. What was the tax on all legal and commercial documents called?
The Stamp Act
2. What forbid colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains?
The Proclamation of 1763
3. Which act forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers?
The Quartering Act
4. Describe the Boston Tea Party.
Three British ships had their cargo thrown overboard when several colonists
protested a British tax on tea by dumping nearly 350 chests of tea (thousands of
dollars worth) into the Boston Harbor.
5. Who was involved in the French and Indian War?
The British vs. the French and their Indian Allies
6. Describe the Boston Massacre.
A mob of angry colonists in Boston taunted and threatened to attack a small unit of
British soldiers. The soldiers fired into the mob and killed five colonists.
7. What were Britain’s responses to the Boston Tea Party?
The Intolerable Acts were passed to punish the colony of Massachusetts.
8. The Battle of Kettle Creek was not a huge battle, however what did it show the British?
It proved that the Loyalists had little support in the South. It also raised the morale
of the Georgia patriots.
9. What happened after the Siege of Savannah?
Savannah remained under British control until the end of the war.
10. Who was Elijah Clarke?
The Patriot leader during the Battle of Kettle Creek.
11. What is significant about Nancy Hart?
She was a patriot spy who killed Loyalist soldiers invading her cabin. Hart County is
named after her.
12. Name the Georgia delegates who signed the…
Declaration of Independence
Button Gwinnett
U.S. Constitution
William Few
George Walton
Abraham Baldwin
Lyman Hall
13. Where did representatives meet to discuss revising the Articles of Confederation?
They gathered at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 in Philadelphia.
14. Name the 3 branches and underline the most powerful branch under the Georgia Constitution
of 1777.
Legislative, executive, judicial
15. Define bicameral and unicameral. Underline the type of government set up with the Georgia
Constitution of 1777.
Unicameral - A single branch, chamber or house, as a legislative body.
Bicameral - Two branches, chambers, or houses, as a legislative body.
16. What is the Great Compromise and the 3/5 Compromise?
Great Compromise: The legislative branch would be based on a state’s population
(representatives) and each state would be given two votes (senators).
3/5 Compromise: Slaves were counted as “3/5 of a person,” towards a state’s overall
population.
17. Define ratify.
To approve or make valid
18. In 1785, the capital of Georgia was moved from Savannah, then to Augusta, and then to…
Louisville
19. What system gave land to white, male Georgians?
The Headright System
20. What is significant about the cotton gin?
It made it easier to separate cotton. This led to cotton becoming a prominent cash
crop and led to more slaves in Georgia.
21. Which two religious denominations were the most prominent in Georgia after the
Revolutionary War?
Baptist and Methodist
22. How did the inventions like the railroad lead to Georgia’s growth?
Railroads allowed Georgia to trade with other states, increased the amount of
transportation between states and shortened the time a person would spend
traveling.
23. This man invented the cotton gin:
Eli Whitney
24. Who is considered the founder of the University of Georgia?
Abraham Baldwin
25. How did the Baptists and Methodists churches expand their religion during this time?
Tent Revivals
26. What was the nation’s first public university?
The University of Georgia
27. In the Headright system how much land was given to the head of the house?
200 acres
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29. Why were Georgians upset about the Yazoo Land Fraud?
Dishonest officials accepted bribes from land speculators in exchange for land grants
larger than the 1000 acre limit. Land was sold for low prices so that companies could
sell it to others for profit. When citizens found out the Yazoo Act was burned on the
steps of the capital in Louisville.
30. A major religious movement that swept through the United States between 1790 and
1830 which helped increase religion is
The Second Great Awakening
31. A meeting meant to interest people in religion.
Revival
32. For a small fee, any white male twenty-one years of age could win land. Up to 30
million acres of land were given away through this system.
Land Lotteries
33. What grade do you hope to get on this test?
A+
34. How much will you study to achieve the grade that you want?
At least 30 minutes a day
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