The Call for Independence

• Tories bka loyalist= remain loyal to King

• Why?• 1. King owns & provides

for colony (father to child)• 2.fear for family’s safety

in england• 3.fear military• 4.GA still dependent on

King $

• Whigs bka Patriots, Liberty Boys, Sons & Daughters of liberty=want independence

• Why?

• 1. paying taxes other citizens don’t

• 2.don’t have the same rights as citizens in England

• 3.*no representation in Parliment

Snake

• Message- colonies must join together if they are to survive and thrive

Noble Wimberly Jones

• Elected speaker of Ga’s Colonial Assembly

1st Continental Congress

• send a resolution

• Objectives:

• 1. demand same rights as British citizens in GB

• 2. vs. Intolerable Acts (did not agree w/ Rights & Privileges of an Englishman)

Provincial Congress (Ga only)

• Objective: cut or remain ties w/King George III

2nd Continental Congress

• Objectives:

• 1. send a resolution to King George asking stop unfriendly actions

• 2. create a Continental Army (George Washington)

2nd Provincial Congress

• objective- choose reps to send to Philadelphia

Council of Safety (Ga)

• Objective- form a new gov’t

• 1.withdraw from Great Britian

• 2.issued Rules and Regulations (governing GA)

Thomas Paine

• Wrote Common Sense (encouraged independence)

Declaration of Independence

• 2nd Continental Congress approved on July 4, 1776.

• Ga signers: Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett, George Walton

• 3parts: 1-preamble-intro tells about our feelings concerning democracy

• 2-body- list 27 complaints about King George III

• 3-conclusion-declare our independence

GA’s 1st Constitution/Gov’t 1777

• Components:Unicameral legislature bka Executive Council= appoints judges & Governor

• Governor term= 1 yr. (executive council has the most power- gov. 1yr term & reject proposals of the Gov)

• 1st Gov.= John Treutlen

Battle of Kettle Creek

• Militia led by Elijah Clarke

• Important battle: 1. obtain weapons& horses 2. winning inspire us

Siege of Savannah

• American + French vs. British= British remain in control of Savannah

• Important to obtain: capital, major port, arsenal

Battle of Yorktown

• George Washington vs. Cornwallis= Washington won; this will change the tone of the Revolution (British do not believe they can defeat Americans)

Treaty of Paris 1783

• Treaty to end the American Revolution

• France, Great Britain, and United States

Participation in War

• Whites were to be paid but due to low funds; received land

• Blacks-(except GA and SC) recruited and offered freedom to fight with British.