Road to Revolution
This costly conflict caused Great Britain to tax the colonies to help pay off its war debt.
What is the French and Indian War?
He ruled Great Britain during the American Revolution.
Who is King George III?
This first section states people have God-given rights and governments get power from citizens.
What is the Introduction (Preamble)?
Georgia had more of this group because it was young and still tied closely to England.
Who were the Loyalists?
This was the name of America’s first governing document.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Colonists were angered by this 1763 law that prevented them from settling western lands they helped win.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This group in Georgia protested unfair British taxes — similar to the Sons of Liberty.
Who were the Liberty Boys?
This part lists complaints such as unfair taxes and forced housing of soldiers.
What are the Grievances?
Patriots won this battle, gaining supplies and morale after losing Savannah.
What is the Battle of Kettle Creek?
Colonists purposely made the national government weak because they feared this.
What is a strong central government (like the king)?
This 1765 act placed a tax on paper goods, which colonists called unfair.
What is the Stamp Act?
These colonists wanted independence from Britain.
Who were the Patriots?
This final section announces the colonies are free to wage war, make peace, and trade.
What is the Declaration (of Independence)?
Patriots failed to take back Savannah during this 1779 event.
What is the Siege of Savannah?
One major weakness of the AOC was that the government could not do this to raise money.
What is tax?
Colonists used this phrase to express anger about taxes passed without their voice in Parliament.
What is “No taxation without representation”?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The colonists argued the king ignored every attempt to fix problems, describing this repeated action.
What is refusing to listen to or address their concerns?
These colonists stayed loyal to the king during the Revolution.
Who were the Loyalists?
This 1787 meeting revised the Articles and created a new Constitution.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
One grievance in the Declaration explained how British soldiers were forced into colonists’ homes.
What is quartering (Quartering of soldiers)?
These three Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence became state heroes.
Who are Gwinnett, Hall, and Walton?
The Declaration says governments exist to protect these three unalienable rights.
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
This group met to respond to British actions and eventually signed the Declaration.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
The Constitution solved representation debates by creating this two-house compromise.
What is the Great Compromise (one house by population, one equal)?