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Topic
The French
& Indian
War
Proclamation
of 1763
What was it?
(1754-1763) Global conflict between
European super powers & native American
allies for control of colonial areas.
King George III’s official stance on
reorganizing the New North American
empire & stabilize relations with Native
Americans.
Why was it important?
England won and gained a large area of
North America from French. Georgia
colony expanded.
It closed off the frontier for colonial
expansion which angered many colonists
who fought FOR gaining access to this
area.
Tories—another term for loyalists or royalists; those who supported England’s
monarchy.
Patriots—a colonist who wanted to become independent from Great Britain. (also known as
Whigs, Liberty Boys, Colonials, Sons and Daughters of Liberty.)
It “disrupted the colonial economy by
Sugar Act – 1764 An attempt by England to enforce an
reducing the markets to which the colonies
existing tax; this focus was on imported molasses.
could sell, and the amount of currency
available to them for the purchase of British
manufactured goods.” (Kindig)
Stamp Act—1765 An attempt by the British government
to help repay cost of French and Indian War. One of the first
direct taxes placed on the colonies by the British government, the
act placed a tax on all legal documents (including
newspapers). It was repealed in 1766.
It caused a great deal of protest amongst
the colonists. (Georgia was the only colony
Townshend Revenue Act—1767 Taxes on glass, paint, oil,
lead, paper, and tea were applied with the design of raising
£40,000 a year for the administration of the colonies.
A resurrection of colonial hostilities created
by the Stamp Act. (Kindig)
Tea Act—1773 Not a new tax on the colonies but an
Undercut business of local merchants; radicals
use this to take action against England’s
policy via the Boston Tea Party. (Kindig)
attempt to help the East India Trade Company by shipping
their unsold products directly to the colonies and sold at a
cheaper price.
Boston Tea
Party-1773
Coercive
Acts/
“Intolerable”
Acts
that actually implemented the tax and it
caused the one newspaper to stop publication
since it couldn’t absorb the cost.)
An act of protest on December 16, 1773;
a group of patriots dressed as Native
Americans dumped 342 chests of tea in
the Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act.
Due to this expensive civil protest, the
British instituted the Coercive Acts
(Intolerable Acts) to punish the
colonists and to attempt to regain the
monetary loss incurred by the dump.
A group of five acts issued by Parliament
designed to punish the Massachusetts
colony for the Boston Tea Party.
Enraged colonists and help unify the
patriot cause and garner support for
independence.
Boston Port Act, Administration of Justice
Act, Massachusetts Gov. Act, Quebec Act,
& Quartering Act
Topic
First
Continental
Congress
Boston
Massacre/
Incident on
King Street
What was it?
Why was it important?
(1774) First convention of delegates from First attempt at combined unity of 12
12 colonies who gathered to discuss
previously separate and distinct
reaction to the Intolerable Acts. (This
colonies.
meeting lasted almost two months.)
A street fight between colonists and
British soldiers where five colonists were
killed.
Georgia did not send a delegate due to
the influence of a strong royal
governor.
Episode was used to ignite the ire of
colonists.
Convention of delegates from all 13
colonies and acted like a temporary
government of what becomes the U.S.
Officially declared independence from
Great Britain, raised an army,
appointed diplomats, and made
treaties.
Three part document that explained to
the world the colonists’ philosophy on
natural rights of humans and outlined the
wrongs committed by King George III.
Officially served as final and
collective break from England’s
imperial hold on the colonies and
ultimately established 13 separate
nation states in lieu of colonies.
First military engagement of the
American Revolution. (“the shot heard
‘round the world…”)
Marked outbreak of open armed
conflict between Great Britain and her
13 colonies.
Yorktown
Decisive victory of Continental Army (+
French) over British Army.
Cornwallis’ surrender to Washington
signaled the end of the war.
Treaty of
Paris
“Official” paperwork ending American
Revolution.
Legitimized new nation to rest of
world.
King George
III
Monarch of England who came to power
during the French and Indian War. He
believed in handling his New England
colonies with a firm hand.
Considered a tyrant by many
colonists, his policies on taxation and
limiting trade of colonies led to
rebellion and loss of England’s
colonies in New World.
Second
Continental
Congress
Declaration
of
Independence
Lexington &
Concord
George
Washington
Commander in chief of the Continental
Army who was later elected first
president of the independent nation.
Topic
Battle of
Kettle Creek
Siege of
Savannah
What was it?
February 14, 1779. Small Revolutionary
War battle in Georgia where patriot
forces, led by Elijah Clarke, defeated 600
loyalists.
One of the few patriot victories in the
state of Georgia.
A failed attempt by the French and
Americans to recapture Savannah during
the Revolution.
Georgia was firmly held by the British
for most of the war.
Frontierswoman who killed several
Tories.
Evidence that women played a
significant role in the Revolutionary
War.
A slave who fought at the Battle of
Kettle Creek. He was wounded.
Despite Georgia’s policy on slavery,
Austin Dabney was awarded his
freedom and a land grant by the state
for his heroics.
Nancy Hart
Austin
Dabney
Elijah Clarke
Button
Gwinnett
Lyman Hall
George
Walton
Why was it important?
Lieutenant Colonel of patriot forces who
led a battle against loyalists on February
14 of 1779. (The Battle of Kettle Creek.)
Signed the Declaration of Independence;
Killed in a duel with Lachland McIntosh.
Signed the Declaration of Independence;
served as a governor of Georgia.
Signed the Declaration of Independence;
Georgia governor and U.S. Senator.
He helped achieve victory at a battle
in Georgia and this helped bolster the
patriot sentiment in Georgia.
Demonstrates that Georgia eventually
aligned itself with the patriot cause.
Demonstrates that Georgia eventually
aligned itself with the patriot cause.
Demonstrates that Georgia eventually
aligned itself with the patriot cause.
Topic
Sons of
Liberty
What was it?
Why was it important?
Colonial group established to protest the
Stamp Act and other English taxes.
(Sam Adams +)
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Passionate patriot who used the power of
the pen to promote independence.
Ignited a passion for independence
from Britain.
Played a pivotal role in fighting the war
at sea by attacking British vessels.
Colonies would not have secured
victory without their aid.
Thomas
Paine
Pirates &
Privateers