question 1: In the years following the French and Indian War, Britain taxed colonies with the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, and other similar laws. What was the primary purpose of these laws?

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answer: To raise money in order to pay debts from the French and Indian War

- question 2: What is one reason Britain passed the Proclamation of 1763?
answer: --> To prevent costly conflict with the Native Americans

question 3: Passed after the end of the French and Indian War, which of the following increased Georgia’s territory by expanding the colony’s southern border?
a: Proclamation of 1763

question 4: What was the main reason for the Stamp Act?
answer:to raise money to help Britain pay off debts from the French and Indian War

question 5: Increased taxes from the British led to increased (Smuggling) in the colonies
answer: **Smuggling**

question 6: Colonists were angered by the Stamp Act because they did not have
answer: Representation in Parliament

question 7: How did Georgia react to the Stamp Act?
answer: Georgia was the only colony who sold the stamps, allowing goods to be shipped.

question 8: What happened during the Boston Tea Party?
answer: Crates of tea were dumped into the harbor to protest the Tea Act

question 9: An American colonist who supported the British government before and during the American Revolution is called a
answer: Loyalist

question 10: Which was a group of colonists who were in favor of breaking political ties with England?
answer: patriots

question 11: Why was Georgia slower to support the Revolutionary War than other colonies?
answer: Georgia was the youngest colony and many of its older residents still had strong ties with Britain.

question 12: What group of people is described by the list below? (Lyman Hall, George walton, and Button Gwinnett)
answer: Representatives from Georgia who signed the Declaration of Independence

question 13: Which document contains the words below? (We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among those are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness)
answer: Declaration of Independence

question 14: The first part of the Declaration of Independence was the preamble. What was the purpose of this part?
answer: To explain the natural rights of all people and the reasons for the document

question 15: The second part of the Declaration of Independence was a list of grievances. What was the purpose of this part?
answer: To list the complaints the colonists had against King George III as evidence for why they deemed independence necessary

question 16: The final part of the Declaration of Independence was the actual declaration. What was the purpose of this part?
answer: to break the colonists’ ties with Britain and create a new country

question 17: Which group did most of the Native Americans finally side with in the Revolution?
answer: The British

question 18: What was one outcome of the Battle of Kettle Creek?
answer: The Americans acquired arms, ammunitions, and horses from the British.

question 19: Which was the result of the Siege of Savannah?
answer: The British maintained their control of Savannah.

question 20: Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation that made it extremely difficult for the national government to pass laws?
answer:Approval of 9 of the 13 states required to pass laws

question 21:The list below contains provisions of the… ( - required unanimous consent from all states for amendments, regulated the sale of government-owned land to settlers, -created a national government consisting solely of a single house of congress in which state would have one vote.)
answer: Articles of Confederation

question 22: How was the U.S. Constitution different from the Articles of Confederation?
answer: The U.S. Constitution separated powers between the judicial, legislative, and executive branches.

question 23: Which describes Abraham Baldwin’s contribution at the Constitutional Convention?
answer: He cast the vote that created a tie leading to the Great Compromise.

question 24:What was the purpose of the Great Compromise, introduced at the Constitutional Convention in 1787?
answer: give equal representation to both large and small states

question 25: Why did the new constitution include a system of checks and balances?
answer: It kept any one of the three branches of government from having too much power.

(These are all the correct answers; I just took the test. As of November 6th, 2024, I am in Eighth grade Georgia history.)

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