Social Studies-SS8H3 Road to Revolution and GA in the Revolutionary War

Battle of Kettle Creek

(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.

Boston Tea party

An act of protest that occurred in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773; A group of colonists dressed as Indians dumped 342 chests of tea in Boston Harbor to protect the tea act. Due to this action, the British instituted the Intolerable Acts to punish the colonists for their actions.

Elijah Clarke

(1742-1799)-Lieutenant Colonel of patriot forces who led the victory at the Battle of Kettle Creek.

Constitution

A written document that outlines a country's government

Austin Dabney

(1765-1830)- slave who fought and was wounded at the Battle of Kettle Creek; awarded his freedom and a land grant by the state for his heroics.

Declaration of Independence

Three part document that discusses natural rights, explains the wrongs committed by King George, and offers an official Declaration of Independence from England.

First Continental Congress

(1774)-The first convention of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies that gathered to discuss the colonists' reaction to the Intolerable acts.

Button Gwinnett

(1735-1777)-Georgia signer of the Declaration of Independence; killed in a duel with Lachlan McIntosh.

Nancy Hart

(1735-1830)-Georgia Revolutionary war frontierswoman who's heroic actions led to the naming of a Georgia county in her honor.

Lyman Hall

(1724-1790)-Georgia signer of the Declaration of Independence; governor of Georgia.

Intolerable acts

A group of 5 acts issued by the British Parliament designed to punish the Massachusetts colony of the Boston tea party.

Loyalists

Colonists who are loyal to Great Britain

Patriot

A colonists who wanted to become independent from Great Britain

Casmir Pulaski

(1745-1779)- Polish nobleman who fought for the patriot cause; Was killed during the Siege of Savannah.

Proclamation of 1763

Royal proclamation that forbade English colonists from settling newly acquired land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Preamble

The beginning of a document that explains why the document exists in the case of the declaration of independence the preamble explains natural rights.

Ratify

To pass the legislature as a law

Seven years war

(1756-1763)-Global conflict between the European great powers; the French and Indian war was part of this larger conflict.

Siege of Savannah

(September 16, 1779-October 18, 1779) A failed attempt by the French and Americans to recapture Savannah during the revolution

Sons of liberty

A group established by Sam Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, to protest the stamp act and other English taxes.

Stamp act

(1765)-an act established by the British government to help repay the cost of the French and Indian war. This act was the first direct taxes placed on the colonies by the British government causing much protest amongst the colonists. The act, which placed a tax on all legal documents, newspapers, and other paper products, was repealed in 1766.

Tories

Another term for loyalist

Bill of Rights

The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution

George Walton

(1749-1804) The youngest of the Georgia signers of the declaration of independence; Georgia governor, and US senator

Georgia Constitution of 1777

Georgia's first governing document which established a governor and General Assembly

French and Indian War

(1754-1763) War fought in the colonies between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won.

Liberty Boys (Sons of Liberty)

the Georgia chapter of the Sons of Liberty; established in protest of the Stamp Act.