Number of Trustees that lead GA during the Trustee Period
100
Spain
Country that controlled the Florida Territory
100
Stamp Act
Law that placed taxes on all paper goods and products
100
Austin Dabney
African American soldier wounded in the Battle of Kettle Creek; responsible for saving Elijah Clarke's life.
100
Articles of Confederation
First United States (federal) constitution; created a weak central government and was eventually replaced by our current constitution.
200
Mary Musgrove
Served as interpreter for Oglethorpe and Tomochichi
200
Catholicism
Religion that was not allowed to settle (live in) Georgia
200
Proclamation of 1763
Document, created by King George III, that awarded all alnd west of the Appalachian Mountains to Native Americans; angered Georgia colonists
200
Elijah Clarke
Led Georgia's militia to victory over 800 British soldiers
200
Constitution of 1777
Georgia's first constitution; document adopted in Savannah that created Georgia's first unicameral government
300
Debtors
People unable to pay their bills; imprisoned in Great Britain.
300
American Revolution
War that ended the Royal Period of Georgia's history
300
Button Gwinnett/Lyman Hall/George Walton
3 Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence
300
Siege of Savannah
American Revolution battle in GA; loss for GA as the militia and continental army failed to retake GA's capital city from British control.
300
Abraham Baldwin
Representatives from GA that helped to write the new constitution at the Constitutional convention of 1787
400
Savannah
Name of the first settlement (city) in Georgia
400
James Wright
Georgia's longest serving Royal Governor
400
Declaration of Independence
Document that stated the colonists were free of British control.
400
Battle of Kettle Creek
American Revolution battle in GA; victory for GA as the militia were able to defeat and gain supplies form the British.
400
William Few
Representative from GA that helped to write the new constitution at the Constitutional Convention of 1787
500
Charity/ Economics (Mercantilism)/ Defense
Name 3 reasons for the founding of Georgia
500
John Reynolds/Henry Ellis/ James Wright
Name the 3 Royal Governors of Georgia
500
Intolerable Acts
Set of four laws created to punish the Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea Party.
500
Nancy Hart
Female Georgian patriot who captured and killed a group of Tories (Georgians loyal to Britain) during the Revolution.
500
Constitution
A set of laws for a nation or state; document that creates the government for a nation or state and describes voting rights, limit of power, and rights of citizens, GA and the United States each have one of these.