The French & Indian War
The French and Indian War is also known as ________
The Seven Years War
What led to the Revolutionary War?
The costs of winning the French & Indian War left the British Empire in severe debt that it now must pay off
Who did not attend the First Continental Congress
Georgia & Florida
Parliament reacted to protest by passing the _______, which banned protest groups, limited colonial town meeting.
Intolerable Acts
After _________, the British Parliament created the Proclamation Line of 1763, which forbade colonists from moving across the Appalachian Mountains
Pontiac’s Rebellion
He led Georgia Militia,and took badly needed horses and weapons from the British soldiers.
Elijah Clarke
What caused The French and Indian War
Dispute between France and Great Britain over the Ohio River
Loyal to the King
Loyalists
Who drafted the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Issued by King George in 1763 / Forbid colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains and moved Georgia’s southern boundary to the St. Mary’s River
Proclamation of 1763
First colonial battle victory in Georgia
The Battle of Kettle Creek
Commanded the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and became the President of the United States (1789 to 1797)
George Washington
Who fought in the French & Indian War
Great Britain vs. France & Indians
Were for independence for the colonies
Patriots
__________ consist of the introduction and why the document was writing.
Preamble
Intended to make the colonists buy sugar from the British West Indies rather than the French or Dutch.
Sugar Act
Georgians prepared for independence by manufacturing more of what they needed and buying less from other countries. __________ pressured merchants not to sell these goods. _________ persuaded colonists to make their own cloth and use colonial products.
Sons of Liberty, Daughters of Liberty
Tried to keep Georgians loyal. He believed colonists should obey British laws and negotiate changes with England.
Governor James Wright
Why did the Indians join the war?
Indians grew increasingly concerned about
British colonists filling into the back-country
Three weeks after the battles at Lexington & Concord, the __________ opened in Philadelphia.They called for the creation of a Continental Army to be led by George Washington. Continental Congress set up a committee to write a statement on independence.
Second Continental Congress
What part of the Declaration of Independence states the equality of men and the famous quote- Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness. The Life part means people have the right to protect themselves against physical attack. The Liberty means the people have a right to criticize the government and Pursuit of Happiness means the right to own property and defend it.
Declaration of Rights
Forced the colonists to provide housing, food, and supplies for British troops
Quartering Act
The Assault on the South Begins: America Suffers it's Largest Defeats at the ______________.
Siege of Savannah
An African American hero of the Battle of Kettle Creek, who received land as payment for his Military service (Madison County)
Austin Dabney
How did the end of The French & Indian War affected Georgia
Georgia’s border was set to the Mississippi River
Who drafted "Common Sense" which challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. The plain language that Paine used spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain.
Thomas Paine
States the abuses King George III took upon the colonists, such as the laws he made the colonists follow. It also states the other unjust things the King did to them.
Bill of Indictment/The list of Grievances
Required all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp that showed that the tax had been paid.
Stamp Act
When youths and soldiers in Boston traded insults, the soldiers fired, killing 5 colonists...
Boston Massacre
She stole their rifles and shot one or two of the soldiers. The only Georgia county named after a woman
Nancy Hart
What documentation/proclamation ended the war?
Treaty of Paris in 1763
The growth of the British & French colonies impacted Indians too. The French increased their alliances with Native Americans along the Ohio River Valley. The spread of British colonists into the backcountry & across the Appalachian Mountains led to numerous Indian conflicts.
The French & Indian War
What wraps up the whole Declaration, asking the King to correct the laws and at the end it states their independence from Britain.
Statement of Independence/The resolution of independence
Taxed all goods imported into the colonies.
Townshend Acts
In 1830 Congress passed the _________. This law said that all Indians living east of the Mississippi River must leave their lands and move to Indian Territory. (Current day Oklahoma). Known as the Trail of Tears
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Georgia’s signers of the Declaration of Independence, Officially signed 8/2/1776
Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall and George Walton