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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS NOT FROM GEORGIA?
a) Button Gwinnett
b) William Hooper
c) Lyman Hall
d) George Walton

Great Britain is an island nation made up originally of 3 older countries: England, Scotland and
a) Wales
b) Brittany
c) Normandy
d) Denmark

This is so horrible that no reasonable person can live with it:
a) Disgusting
b) Coercive
c) Intolerable
d) Punitive

Loyalists who did not support indepndence from Great Britain were also called
a) Turncoats
b) Traitors
c) Tenderfoots
d) Tories

One Enlightenment idea from the Declaration of Independence that was considered radical for its time was that
a) all people are valuable
b) all people are born with God-given rights
c) some people are born to rule
d) the lower classes need to know their place

The Proclamation of 1763 was especially galling (offensive) to the colonists because it forbade them
a) from fighting Indians
b) from settling on land that they fought for
c) from settling in eastern Canada
d) from buying tea from Caribbean importers

Which was one of the earliest taxes place on the colonists and certainly the most offensive to them? (it was in 1765)
a) The Tea Act
b) The Boston Harbor Act
c) The Quartering Act
d) The Stamp Act

Which Georgia Patriot was killed in a duel in 1777?
a) Lachlan McIntosh
b) George Walton
c) Button Gwinnett
d) Lyman Hall

The Battle of Kettle Creek is important because
a) it cut off British supply lines to Florida
b) the Loyalists outnumbered the patriots
c) it was the first successful battle for any American army
d) it offered a chance for Austin Danny to get a medal

The ONLY colony to be officially taken by the British during the Revolutionary War was
a) South Carolina
b) New York
c) Georgia
d) Delaware

Which foreign nobleman was killed defending Georgia in the Siege of Savannah?
a) Tadeusz Kosciuszko
b) Friedrich von Stueben
c) Marquis de Lafayette
d) Casmir Pulaski

Which Georgia patriot was instrumental in founding the University of Georgia?
a) Button Gwinnett
b) George Walton
c) Lyman Hall
d) Monty Hall

Who is famous for single-handedly killing several British soldiers who invaded her cabin?
a) Nancy Hart
b) Nancy Drew
c) Annie Oakley
d) Dolly Madison

Austin Dabney is a noteworthy person because he was
a) a skilled blacksmith who shoed every horse used in the Battle of Kettle Creek
b) the only African-American to escape slavery before the revolution
c) the only African-American to fight in the American Revolution and was heroic
d) the only African-American to fight at the battle of Kettle Creek and was heroic

Governor James Wright was a problem for Georgia patriots because...
a) He was a good governor, he was well-liked but he remained loyal to Great Britain
b) He wanted to make a deal to sell Georgia back to the Spanish
c) He was a terrible governor, but he hated the British government and wanted Independence
d) He insisted on trying to convert the Indians rather than fight the British

Any patriot who signed the Declaration of Independence
a) could expect a bonus payment from the American government after the war
b) was taking a huge risk, literally putting his life on the line
c) had to take a loyalty test administered by the Continental Congress
d) had to hate King George III

Even thought Britain and the colonists won the French and Indian War, it was a problem because
a) They had to teach huge segments of French-speaking colonists how to speak English
b) Britain had to pay for the war
c) George Washington wanted a promotion
d) There was not enough tea for the new colonists

Georgia benefitted from the French and Indian War because
a) new settlers had to pay a settlement fee, which brought millions to the colony's treasury
b) the Treaty of Paris greatly expanded the boundaries of the colony
c) The Treaty of Paris included an annual award of 1 million pounds to be paid to Savannah's citizens
d) very few Georgia colonists even fought in the war

Which colony was considered so troublesome and rebellious by the British that the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts were targeted specifically at them?
a) Massachusetts
b) Rhode Island
c) North Carolina
d) Virginia

Which colony did not even bother to send representatives to the First Continental Congress?
a) Maryland
b) Virginia
c) Georgia
d) Connecticut

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