Explain the immediate and long-term causes of the American Revolution and their impact on Georgia

Explain the immediate and long-term causes of the American Revolution and their impact on Georgia.

• Explain the immediate and long-term causes of the American Revolution and their impact on Georgia.

• How did the following affect Georgia or the Colonies?

• -French & Indian War (Seven Years War)
• -Proclamation of 1763
• -Stamp Act
• -Intolerable Acts
• -Declaration of Independence

Analyze the significance of people and events in Georgia during the Revolutionary War.

• Analyze the significance of people and events in Georgia during the Revolutionary War.

• Loyalists & Patriots
• Elijah Clarke
• Austin Dabney
• Nancy Hart
• Button Gwinnett
• Lyman Hall
• Battle of Kettle Creek
• Siege of Savannah

Also known as the Seven Years War.

• Also known as the Seven Years War.

• Great Britain and France were the two most powerful nations with colonies east of the Mississippi River.

• Britain and France hated each other and had a long history of fighting.

• British colonists were expanding westward and this caused them to have more contact with the French and their Native American allies.

1754-tensions rose and the French & Indian War erupted.

• 1754-tensions rose and the French & Indian War erupted.

• British troops fought against the French & their Native American allies.

• After years of fighting, France finally surrendered and gave up all lands in Canada and east of the Mississippi River.

• Britain also gained Spanish territory in Florida.

• Result: BRITAIN stood alone as the one COLONIAL POWER in eastern N. America.

No official fighting took place in Georgia.

• No official fighting took place in Georgia.

• The war actually benefited GA.

• Territory grew, Mississippi R. became Ga’s western border.
• Now that Britain owned FL, Georgia was more secure. (No more Spanish threat from the south.)

After the F & I war the colonies and Britain didn’t get along well.

• After the F & I war the colonies and Britain didn’t get along well.

• Colonists didn’t like Britain’s control because for a long time they had governed themselves. (distance across the Atl. O.)

• Britain wanted more control after they defeated France and the colonists resented it.

Issued by King George III

• Issued by King George III

• Stated that colonists could NOT move into territories previously occupied by the French.

• Britain felt this would keep peace with Native Americans
• Colonists resented it because it placed limits on freedoms

• Created 4 new colonies & expanded Georgia’s boundaries

• Quebec (in Canada), Granada (in Caribbean), East Florida, & West Florida

The French and Indian War left Britain in terrible debt and they needed money.

• The French and Indian War left Britain in terrible debt and they needed money.

• King George III decided to tax the colonists, but the colonies had NO representatives in British Parliament.

• Several Acts or Laws were passed by British Parliament to tax the colonies. The STAMP ACT was one that angered them the most.

• Taxed all legal documents, permits, contracts, newspapers, and playing cards.
• This created a hardship on business owners.

The stamps were very expensive and could only be paid in silver or gold.

• The stamps were very expensive and could only be paid in silver or gold.

• Many colonists ignored the Stamp Act & threatened tax collectors making many of them afraid to enforce the law.

• Colonists protested by boycotting British goods.

• Stamp Act ended in March of 1766.

• “No taxation without representation!”

The British continued taxing goods for the colonists. (glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and TEA)

• The British continued taxing goods for the colonists. (glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and TEA)

• Colonists feared they’d lose the business of the India Trade company when cheap British tea flooded the markets.

• Colonists forced British ships carrying tea to turn back from NY & Philadelphia. In SC, they let the tea sit on ships until it rotted.

• Boston Tea Party-1773- colonists dressed as Native Americans boarded the tea ships and dumped 90,000 lbs in the water.

“INTOLERABLE” because they were meant to punish the colonists.

• “INTOLERABLE” because they were meant to punish the colonists.

• Four “Acts or Laws”

• 1-Closed Boston Harbor as punishment for Tea Party
• 2-cancelled Massachusetts charter
• 3-allowed British officials who had been charged with offenses in the colonies to be tried in England.
• 4-allowed British troops to live in colonists’ homes

Georgia didn’t get directly involved in the American Revolution because they were a new royal colony and still had strong ties with Britain.

• Georgia didn’t get directly involved in the American Revolution because they were a new royal colony and still had strong ties with Britain.

• Georgia’s colonists who supported the crown were called LOYALISTS (or Tories), those who supported the revolution were called PATRIOTS.

July 4, 1776-the Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence which announced the separation of the 13 colonies from Britain.

• July 4, 1776-the Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence which announced the separation of the 13 colonies from Britain.

• Signed by representatives from 13 colonies. From Georgia:

• Lyman Hall
• Button Gwinnett
• George Walton (youngest signer @ age 26)

Patriots rejoiced and fired cannons in celebration, they even held a mock funeral for King George III.

• Patriots rejoiced and fired cannons in celebration, they even held a mock funeral for King George III.

Made up of 3 parts

• Made up of 3 parts

• Preamble (how colonists felt about democracy)
• Body (grievances against the King)
• Conclusion (declared ind. for all future times)
• http://www.yourememberthat.com/media/2377/Barney_Fife_Recites_the_Preamble/

Clarke lead a force of Patriot militia to win a key battle @ Kettle Creek.

• Clarke lead a force of Patriot militia to win a key battle @ Kettle Creek.

• 700+ Loyalists or Tories were defeated and therefore couldn’t round up support in Georgia.
• The victory allowed the Georgians to seize needed weapons and supplies.
• Clarke is an instant hero.

Hero @ Kettle Creek

• Hero @ Kettle Creek

• Slave who fought in the war in place of his white master.

• Gave his horse to E. Clarke when his was shot during battle.

• He was granted freedom after the war & given a plot of land as payment.

Frontier woman who cared for her family while her husband was off to war.

• Frontier woman who cared for her family while her husband was off to war.

• 6ft tall, face scared from chicken pox, and she was reportedly cross-eyed. (Bless her!)

• Spy and faithful patriot.

1779-Patriots led by Benjamin Lincoln tried to take back Savannah from the British.

• 1779-Patriots led by Benjamin Lincoln tried to take back Savannah from the British.

• The French navy helped the American Patriots.

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