1. Causes of the American Revolution

2. Event/Tax
Year
Description
Colonists’ Reaction
French and Indian War
1754 – 1763
British vs. French/ Indians/ Spain – war over land of North America
Unhappy when British taxed them to pay for the war

3. Event/Tax
Year
Description
Colonists’ Reaction
Proclamation of 1763
1763
Moved state boundaries; couldn’t settle west of Appalachian mountains
Settlers began to migrate to the colony

4. Event/Tax
Year
Description
Colonists’ Reaction
Sugar Act
1764
Placed tax on sugar and molasses imported from the West Indies
Older colonies already mad about taxes; Ga was concerned; many protest.

5. Event/Tax
Year
Description
Colonists’ Reaction
Stamp Act
1765
An attempt to raise money to pay for French and Indian War on news papers, legal documents, and licenses
Reaction was swift and violent; congress meet to oppose it; burned an effigy of the stamp master; Liberty Boys formed

6. Event/Tax
Year
Description
Colonists’ Reaction
Quartering Act
1st – 1765
2nd- 1774
Citizens of all colonies had to house and feed British soldiers at their own expense
Not happy, but there was not much they could do; Nancy Hart

7. Event/Tax
Year
Description
Colonists’ Reaction
Townshend Act
1776
Placed Import tax on tea, paper, glass, and coloring paints
Ga colonialist spoke against it; protest; stopped painting homes; began drinking coffee

8. Event/Tax
Year
Description
Colonists’ Reaction
Boston Massacre
1770
People of Boston threw snowballs at British soldiers; soldiers fired into the crowd; 5 civilians died, Crispus Attucks
Fear and anger

9. Event/Tax
Year
Description
Colonists’ Reaction
Tea Act
1773
Allowed East Indian Co. to ship tea directly to the colonies; it could then sale it for less than colonial merchants
Colonist saw it as a trick; Boston Tea Party = Protest

10. Event/Tax
Year
Description
Colonists’ Reaction
Boston Tea Party
1773
Patriots dressed as Indians boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and dumped 342 chest of tea into the bay
Britain punished them with the Intolerable Acts; colonists became very angry

11. Event/Tax
Year
Description
Colonists’ Reaction
Intolerable Acts
1773
4 laws to punish colonists –
Close the port in Boston until they would pay for tea
Mass. No town meeting without Gov. approval
Britain officials were tried in Great Britain instead of colonies
Quartering Act
Protest with the 1st Continental Congress

12. Event/Tax
Year
Description
Colonists’ Reaction
1st Continental Congress
1774
Two groups – Tories and Patriots; set up trade with Great Britain; set up committees of safety
Mixed feelings; everyone was not sure what to do, but knew something had to be done

13. Event/Tax
Year
Description
Colonists’ Reaction
Lexington and Concord
1775
1. Marked beginning of Rev.
2.Colonists forced to take a stand
3. Shot heard around the world
Forced to take a stand; radicals stole gun powder; harassed Tories; paid no attention to the governor

14. Event/Tax
Year
Description
Colonists’ Reaction
Declaration of Independence
1776
1,458 word document
3 parts (intro, body, and conclusion)
Meant the colonies were a nation
-not everyone agreed
-Excitement
Some went back to Great Britain
Families torn

15. Event Description Battle of Kettle Creek
Important Battle for GA, 1779, February; Clarke lead it; militia was able to take weapons and horse that were greatly needed; spirits were lifted

16. Event Description Siege of Savannah
15,000 took over Savannah (Siege); they surrounded the town and no supplies could get in or out; some patriots showed up to help but they were defeated: Great Britain had control of Savannah for 3.5 years.

17. Loyal to the King of England, George III;
Event/People
Description
Loyalists
Loyal to the King of England, George III;
Tories; Don’t want to cut ties with mother country; “King’s Friends” ; British Loyalists

18. Event
Description
Patriots
Whigs, Liberty Boys, Colonial Sons and Daughters; Those who were ready to cut ties with Great Britain

19. Event
Description
Elijah Clarke
Colonel of militia group, defeated force of over 800 British troops at the Battle of Kettle Creek

20. Event
Description
Austin Dabney
Revolutionary War hero; With Clarke at Battle of Kettle Creek; Mixed race, born free; saved Clarke’s life by giving up his horse after he(Dabney) was shot; awarded a valuable piece of land where he turned a great profit

21. Event Description Nancy Hart
Seen as a heroin; neighbor was killed by British soldiers; heard the soldiers bragging so she shot and killed at least one; the rest were tried and hanged

22. Event Description Button Gwinnett
Georgian who signed the Declaration of Independence;
Has a county named after him.

23. Event Description Lyman Hall
Georgian who signed the Declaration of Independence;
Has a county named after him.

24. Event
Description
George Walton
Georgian who signed the Declaration of Independence;
Has a county named after him; youngest signer