KUDos: Do: Understand: 10.9.17 Sit Anywhere… FOR NOW! Know: American Revolution and GA Understand: SS8H3 Analyze the role of Georgia in the American Revolutionary Era. c. Analyze the significance of the Loyalists and Patriots as a part of Georgia’s role in the Revolutionary War; include the Battle of Kettle Creek and Siege of Savannah Do: OneSheet -- Video Questions Sit Anywhere… FOR NOW!

American Revolution Battle of Lexington and Concord April 1775 “Shot heard around the world” No one knows who fired it Minutemen versus Redcoats Guerilla Warfare Hiding  surprise attacks British considered this unfair and cowardly Who won is not important…the British now saw the colonists as a force to be reckoned with. The colonists were stronger than the British thought.

2nd Continental Congress Britain sent more ships, scared of the colonists growing power The colonists became even more determined to separate from Britain Met in Philadelphia after Lexington and Concord battles in Massachusetts Drafted petition for King George III, asking for end of unfriendly steps against the colonies  George III refused to accept the petition Authorized Continental Army Georgia’s Lyman Hall arrived in May 1775 August 2, 1776: Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton (representatives from Georgia) sign the Declaration of Independence

Turning Point The colonists won this intense 2 part battle (Saratoga) This showed the French that the Continental Army and the colonists were serious. The French joined the colonists side. The Continental Army start winning their war of freedom!

The one sided battle Valley Forge NOT A FIGHTING BATTLE  a fort Washington in charge of his troops Soldiers were cold, weak, shoeless, hungry, diseased They were dying and Washington had 1 job… To keep them alive He read to them, inspired them, convinced them to keep going, hired a Prussian trainer

Kettle Creek GA 1779 Colonel Elijah Clarke led Georgia militia, defeated 800 British troops near Washington, Georgia Great victory for morale of the militia and Georgians seeking independence Won badly-needed weapons and horses from the British

Siege of Savannah 1779 15,000 Americans and 4,000 French laid siege to Savannah Attack on October 9 resulted in 1,000 American, Polish, and French deaths in less than an hour; only 40 British troops died Savannah remained under British control, and the leadership of James Wright, for nearly four more years Guerrilla warfare (small scale fighting; sneak attacks) continued in the Georgia backcountry

The finale 1781 Battle of Yorktown Britain started to retreat They backed themselves into a corner on a peninsula in Yorktown, VA The Continental Army and French cornered them until they waved the white flag. Cornwallis surrendered Sep 1783 Treaty of Paris signed Colonies are officially free AMERICA!