Causes of the Revolution
The king's command that colonists couldn't move west of his boundary line.
What is The Proclamation of 1763?
It is the section of the Declaration that lists the issues colonists had with the king.
What is the grievances?
This battle was important for boosting the patriots' morale and gaining them much needed supplies.
What is the Battle of Kettle Creek?
One of the biggest problems with the Articles of Confederation was that the federal government wasn't able to collect these.
What are taxes?
He was the King of England during the Revolutionary War.
Who is King George III?
It put a tax on everything made of paper.
What is the Stamp Act?
It's the section of the Declaration that explains the purpose of the document and says how we all have basic human rights.
What is the Preamble?
The Siege of Savannah ended with this country still in control of the city of Savannah.
What is England?
The Articles of Confederation made the new United States weak because they couldn't organize this to defend themselves.
What is the military?
It was the biggest city in Georgia during the Revolutionary Era.
What is Savannah?
Geogrians weren't concerned about this war as much as other colonies because the fighting was so far away from them.
What is the French and Indian War?
It's the section of the Declaration that formally announced that the colonies were breaking away from England.
What is the Declaration?
At the Siege of Savannah, the patriots received helped fighting against the British from this country.
What is France?
The Three Fifths Compromise was designed to fix problems with representation in Congress by allowing these to be counted as 3/5 of a person.
What are slaves?
It is the mountain range that King George told colonists not to move west of.
What is the Appalachian Mountains?
Who were the Liberty Boys?
It's the number of people who signed the Declaration of Independence from Georgia.
What is three?
The patriot victory at this Battle was impressive because they defeated a much larger British army.
What is the Battle of Kettle Creek?
The designers of the Articles of Confederation didn't want another king, so instead of giving most of the power to the national government, they gave most of the power to these.
What are the states?
It was the reason that the king imposed so many taxes on the colonies.
What is to pay off war debts/because England was broke?
Because Georgia was the newest, smallest, and poorest colony with strong ties to England, most colonists were this.
What are loyalists/loyal to the king?
Signers of the Declaration of Independence were putting this at risk if they lost the Revolutionary War.
What were their lives?
The patriots and the British both wanted control of Savannah because it was this kind of city.
What is a port city?
It's the name of the meeting that the founders held to try fix the Articles of Confederation but ended up writing the US Constitution.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
They were the three signers of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia.
Who were Gwinnett, Hall, and Walton.