UGA HISTORY EXEMPTION MODERN
WORLD POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT FINAL
PAPER WORKBOOK 2026
◉ Proclamation of 1763
Answer: Bc of Pontiac's Rebellion
A proclamation from the British government which forbade British
colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, and
which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to
move back east.
◉ Boston Massacre
Answer: The first bloodshed of the American Revolution (1770), as
British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd
killing five Americans
◉ Enlightment
Answer: movement that began in Europe in the late 1600s as people
began examining the natural world, society, and government; also
called the age of reason
moved from europe to new world to influence writers like isaac
newton, john locke
,◉ Mercantilism
Answer: Economic system to unify and increase the power and
wealth of a nation by strict governmental regulations through
policies like bullion and favorable balance of trade
-Adam Smith was anti-mercantilism
◉ The Tea Act
Answer: 1773 act which eliminated import tariffs on tea entering
England and allowed the British East India Company to sell directly
to consumers rather than through merchants. Led to the Boston Tea
Party.
◉ The Boston Tea Party
Answer: A 1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston
colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston
Harbor.
◉ Intolerable Acts
Answer: in response to Boston Tea Party, 4 acts passed in 1774, Port
of Boston closed, reduced power of assemblies in colonies,
permitted royal officers to be tried elsewhere, provided for
quartering of troop's in barns and empty houses
,◉ Revolutionary War
Answer: -1775-1783
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the American War
of Independence, was a global war that began as a conflict between
Great Britain and her Thirteen Colonies, which declared
independence as the United States of America.
-Sparked by the Stamp Act against King George the III (1765)
-Boston Massacre (1770)
-Boston Tea Party (1773) (Sons of Liberty)
◉ Thomas Paine
Answer: -1777
-Father of American revolution
-Inspired rebels to declare independence from britain
- Wrote Common Sense and The American Crisis
◉ The Battles of Lexington and Concord
Answer: -1775
-First military engagements of the American Revolutionary war
-lieutenant francis smith
-Shot heard around the world
, ◉ University of Georgia
Answer: The United States' first state-chartered university (1785); it
is the oldest and largest of Georgia's institutions of higher learning
◉ Governor James Jackson
Answer: Reformer, wants to clean up the mess made by the
Federalists. Plans to repeal the Yazoo deal if elected. Father of
Jeffersonian Party in Ga. Swept the election, takes office in 1796,
rescinds the Yazoo purchase of year prior.
Overturned Yazoo Act; elected to First Congress; lost reelection
◉ George Washington
Answer: -Named commander in chief of continental army
-drafted US constitution
-marine corps
-articles of confederation
//
First president of the US
◉ Friedrich Von Steuben
WORLD POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT FINAL
PAPER WORKBOOK 2026
◉ Proclamation of 1763
Answer: Bc of Pontiac's Rebellion
A proclamation from the British government which forbade British
colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, and
which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to
move back east.
◉ Boston Massacre
Answer: The first bloodshed of the American Revolution (1770), as
British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd
killing five Americans
◉ Enlightment
Answer: movement that began in Europe in the late 1600s as people
began examining the natural world, society, and government; also
called the age of reason
moved from europe to new world to influence writers like isaac
newton, john locke
,◉ Mercantilism
Answer: Economic system to unify and increase the power and
wealth of a nation by strict governmental regulations through
policies like bullion and favorable balance of trade
-Adam Smith was anti-mercantilism
◉ The Tea Act
Answer: 1773 act which eliminated import tariffs on tea entering
England and allowed the British East India Company to sell directly
to consumers rather than through merchants. Led to the Boston Tea
Party.
◉ The Boston Tea Party
Answer: A 1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston
colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston
Harbor.
◉ Intolerable Acts
Answer: in response to Boston Tea Party, 4 acts passed in 1774, Port
of Boston closed, reduced power of assemblies in colonies,
permitted royal officers to be tried elsewhere, provided for
quartering of troop's in barns and empty houses
,◉ Revolutionary War
Answer: -1775-1783
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the American War
of Independence, was a global war that began as a conflict between
Great Britain and her Thirteen Colonies, which declared
independence as the United States of America.
-Sparked by the Stamp Act against King George the III (1765)
-Boston Massacre (1770)
-Boston Tea Party (1773) (Sons of Liberty)
◉ Thomas Paine
Answer: -1777
-Father of American revolution
-Inspired rebels to declare independence from britain
- Wrote Common Sense and The American Crisis
◉ The Battles of Lexington and Concord
Answer: -1775
-First military engagements of the American Revolutionary war
-lieutenant francis smith
-Shot heard around the world
, ◉ University of Georgia
Answer: The United States' first state-chartered university (1785); it
is the oldest and largest of Georgia's institutions of higher learning
◉ Governor James Jackson
Answer: Reformer, wants to clean up the mess made by the
Federalists. Plans to repeal the Yazoo deal if elected. Father of
Jeffersonian Party in Ga. Swept the election, takes office in 1796,
rescinds the Yazoo purchase of year prior.
Overturned Yazoo Act; elected to First Congress; lost reelection
◉ George Washington
Answer: -Named commander in chief of continental army
-drafted US constitution
-marine corps
-articles of confederation
//
First president of the US
◉ Friedrich Von Steuben
