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Georgia in the Revolution Part 3 Lexington-

Lexington and Concord Fighting between the British and Americans broke out in Battles of Lexington and Concord The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen of its colonies on the mainland of British America. Video

Second Continental Congress Philadelphia 1775: The Americans, fearing that the British planned on using force to oppress the colonies, agreed to meet again to consider declaring independence!!! The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, By raising armies, directing strategy, appointing diplomats, and making formal treaties, the Congress acted as the de facto national government of what became the United States. 4

The Declaration of Independence Adopted on July 4, 1776 by the Continental Congress. The Declaration of Independence was the document officially declaring the colonies’ independence from Great Britain. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson In Georgia~ – Gov. Wright had been ousted and the colony was under patriot rule. – Three Georgian’s attended the Second Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence : Button Gwinett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton 5

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Part One: Preamble : – explains the natural rights of people – the reason for the document – Famous Quote: “W e 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.” – Not Original John Locke stated in the Two Treatises of Government that every human is guaranteed “Life, Liberty, and land” 7

Part Two: Lists all of the grievances against King George including: – Imposing taxes without our consent – Quartering large bodies of troops among us 8

Part Three: Actually declares independence from the mother country. – The Declaration declared that the colonies were free from British rule and were now 13 separate, independent countries!!! 9

The patriots who signed this document, including John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin, put their lives on the line. Had Britain won the war, these men would more than likely have been executed as traitors to their country. – We must, indeed, all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately. Benjamin Franklin 10

July 4, 1776

Independence Day!

Why is July 4, 1776 Independence Day?

Because that’s when we declared independence from Britain.

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Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Franklin Roger Sherman John Adams Robert Livingston

Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Franklin Robert Livingston Roger Sherman John Adams John Hancock

Dunlap Broadsides

Where did they go?

What happened to the broadsides?

In 1989, only 24 still existed.

Story time…

Where are they now?

National Archives, Washington, DC Library of Congress, Washington, DC (two copies) Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Independence National Historic Park, Philadelphia American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Princeton University, Princeton, NJ New York Historical Society New York Public Library Pierpont Morgan Library, New York Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Chapin Library, Williams College, Williamstown, MA Yale University, New Haven, CT American Independence Museum, Exeter, NH Maine Historical Society, Portland Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Chicago Historical Society City of Dallas, City Hall Norman Lear and David Hayden (private collectors) Public Record Office, United Kingdom (two copies)

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Button Gwinnett 36

Button Gwinnett 1765 Arrived in Georgia and bought St. Catherine’s Island 1769 became involved in politics, but withdrew in 1773 due to financial problems 1776 selected to attend Continental Congress in Philadelphia and strongly supported Independence from England He was instrumental in the creation of the Georgia Constitution of

Rivalry Turns Deadly He became a political rival of Lachlan McIntosh who publically criticized and challenged him to a dual. The dual took place in May 1777 where both men shot each other. On May 19, 1777, Gwinnett died of his wounds. Gwinnett County is named for him. 38

Lyman Hall 39

Lyman Hall Born in Wallingford, Connecticut and graduated from Yale Became an ordained minister in 1747, but switched to practicing medicine after several controversies he moved to Georgia He was the only Georgia representative in the Second Continental Congress. He participated in debates, but did not vote because he did not represent the whole state Walton and Gwinnett joined him and he voted for independence from England and signed the Declaration He was elected Governor and was instrumental in the founding of the University of Georgia. Hall County was named after him. 40

George Walton 41

George Walton Most politically successful of the three Ga signers Born in Virginia and moved to Georgia in Established himself as one of the most successful lawyers in the colony he was appointed as a representative at the Second Continental Congress where he signed the Declaration Served in the Georgia militia and was eventually captured by the British. After a prison exchange, he was released and elected as Governor of Georgia, but he was elected to congress after two months. After the war, her served as Chief Justice of the Supreme court served a second term as governor, then U.S. Senator, and finally a superior court judge. Died February 2, Walton County is named in his honor. 42