Zusammenfassung der Ressource
American Revolution
and Independence
- French and Indian War
- Caused Debt
- Britain's solution: Taxes!
- Duties
- Declaration of Independence
- Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
- Georgia signers
- Button Gwinnet
- Lyman Hall
- George Walton
- Thomas Jefferson
- 2 sides:
- Patriots/Whigs
- Rural backcountry
- French Allies
- Nancy Hart
- captured and hanged five tories that invaded her home
- Loyalists/Torres
- Governor
Wright
- House arrest, escape to Canada
- City/ Coastal
- Promised freedom to slaves
- Battle of Kettle Creek
- Led by Elijah Clark
- 1st victory of Patriots
- Austin Dabney
- 1st black private and land owner
- Siege of Savannah
- Huge failure
- Led by Count Casimar Pulaski
- First Constitutional Governor of Georgia
- James Wright
- Articles of Confederation
- Unicameral legislature
- Only legislature
- no taxes
- Each state has equal vote in congress
- Constitutional Convention
- Great Compromise
- Bicameral congress
- Senate
- Congress
- Unequal representatives
- Shay's Rebellion
- Constitution
- Georgian signers
- William Few
- Abraham Baldwin
- Continental Army
- George Washington