GA's Role in the American Revolution

Loyalist

Colonists that stayed on the side of England throughout the American Revolution.

Battle of Kettle Creek

A Revolutionary War in Wilkes county where Patriot militia defeated Loyalist forces, disrupting British control in the backcountry.

Siege of Savannah

A 1779 Revolutionary War conflict in which a combined force of American Patriots and French soldiers unsuccessfully attempted to recapture Savannah, Georgia, from British occupation.

Austin Dabney

An enslaved African American who served as a Patriot militia soldier during the American Revolutionary War, fought bravely at the Battle of Kettle Creek, and became the first Black veteran to receive a state pension and land grant in Georgia.

Casimir Pulaski

A Polish nobleman and military commander who joined the American Revolutionary War, served as a brigadier general in the Continental Army, earned the title 'Father of the American Cavalry,' and was fatally wounded while leading a cavalry charge at the Siege of Savannah in 1779.

Articles of Confederation

The first constitution of the United States, ratified in 1781, which established a weak central government with limited authority, leaving most governing power to the individual states.

Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

Their were many problems

Why was the national government intentionally weak?

So the people could have more power.

Why did the Articles lead to the Constitution?

The first system proved too weak.

french and Indian war

The French and Indian War was a North American conflict in the global Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.

Proclamation of 1763

Proclamation of 1763 was a British decree issued by King George III on October 7, 1763, to stop people from moving westward

Stamp Act

A tax on all goods to get rid of great britain’s debt

Declaration of Independence

The document that declared independence from great britain

Why was Georgia slower to resist Great Britain?

Because they relied on Great Britain economically