Colonial Georgia
The document that established Georgia as a colony
What is The Charter of 1732?
The war fought between England & the French & Native Americans.
What is the French & Indian War?
3 Sections of the Declaration
What is the Preamble, Grievances, and Declaration?
City in Georgia that both sides desperately wanted control over
What is Savannah? (both wanted control of the ports in order to shut off enemy supplies)
Led the Patriots in the Battle of Kettle Creek
Who was Elijiah Clarke?
The 3 motivations for Georgia's colonization
What is Philanthropy, Economics, & Defense?
required colonists to pay a tax for stamps on paper goods (Newspapers, legal documents, licenses).
What is the Stamp Act?
3 Georgia Signees of the Declaration
Who are George Walton, Lyman Hall, and Button Gwinnett?
Reason why Georgia was slow to support the revolution at first
What is the colony depended heavily on Britain through trade (mercantalist economy)
Who was Nancy Hart?
What group of people did James Oglethorpe want to settle in the colony initially?
Who are British Debtors?
Required colonists to house & quarter British soldiers into their homes
What is the Quartering Act?
The 2 groups that opposed each other inside the colonies
Who are the Patriots & the Loyalists?
3 reasons there were more Loyalist in Georgia than other colonies
What is: Younger Colony than other colonies, Smaller population, depended heavily on Britain?
14 year-old African American Slave substituted into the Revolutionary War. Showed extreme bravery in the Battle of Kettle Creek.
The 2 crops Britain wanted Georgia to produce, and the 2 crops Georgia was able to produce successfully
What are Silk & Wine, and Indigo & Tobacco?
“And We do hereby strictly forbid, on Pain of our Displeasure, all our loving Subjects from making any Purchases or Settlements whatever, or taking Possession of any of the Lands above reserved for the Natives”
Refers to which cause of the Revolution?
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Georgia had more _____ than _____ at the beginning of the revolution- why? (Give at least 2 reasons)
"Baby colony" (young)
Relied heavily on Britain to sustain the colony economically (mercantilism)
Small population
Winner of the Battle of Kettle Creek, & 2 big results the battle brought to the victors?
Polish Nobleman who heard about the Patriot cause and chose to come and fight with the Patriots. Died during the attempted Siege of Savannah, has a county named for him.
What is: Trustee Period= Ban on Slavery, Ban on sale/production of Liquor, Restrictions on land ownership. Royal= Slavery allowed, sale/production of liquor allowed, land ownership accessible. Similarities= mercantilist economy & both under British rule.
The attitude Georgians had for the Proclamation of 1763, and WHY (explain why other colonies were upset as well)
Proclamation of 1763- angered many colonies because promise of land after the French & Indian war was not kept by Britain. Georgia not as affected by this as they lived primarily on the East coast, & were given land by both Spanish & Indians.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.—That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government[.]
From this passage in the Declaration, we can assume that the Patriots viewed England as-
What is Oppressive, Oppressors, Oppressing the Colonies?
Name of the battle that took place between Patriots, French, & British troops after the Battle of Kettle Creek. Who won?
What was the Siege of Savannah, and who was the British?
Group of Haitian Soldiers that came to help the Patriot cause in Georgia. Became the scouts of the Patriot militia in Georgia, & helped greatly in the retreat during the Siege of Savannah.
Who were the Chasseurs Volontaires de Saint-Domingue?