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Royal-Revolution
Royal colony to Revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a list of grievances signed by colonists and sent to King George III | Declaration of Independence |
| battle fought in GA that helped encourage GA colonists to fight British | Kettle Creek |
| siege that lasted over two years that made us move state capital | siege of Savannah |
| wrote "Common Sense" | Thomas Paine |
| year GA created its first Constitution | 1777 |
| legislature GA had in its first Constitution | unicameral |
| heroine for killing British soldiers | Nancy Hart |
| length of term to governors for first Constitution | 1 year |
| first battle of Revolutionary War | Lexington and Concord, MA |
| last battle of Revolutionary War | Yorktown, VA |
| led rebel militia group at Kettle Creek | Col. John Dooley |
| credited with saving the life of Elijah Clarke | Austin Dabney |
| treaty that ended the Revolutionary war | Treaty of Paris of 1783 |
| general in change of continental army | George Washington |
| name of US first Constitution | Articles of Confederation |
| issue very important to southern planters | slavery |
| why GA was hesitant to separate from England | youngest colony needed protection |
| royal governor when war broke out | Wright |
| slogan against taxes that became war cry | no taxation without representation |
| refusal to buy, sell, or use item in order to force a change | boycott |
| name of the tavern where the Whigs met | Tondee's Tavern |
| important communication tool in GA, first newspaper | Georgia Gazette |
| three signers of Declaration of Independence from GA | Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton |
| port closed to all shipping until tea was paid for | Boston Harbor |
| acts passed after Boston Tea party | Intolerable Acts |
| political faction that supported independence | Whigs or Patriots |
| political faction that supported king | Loyalists or Tories |
| group of men that opposed stamp act and met in Savannah | liberty boys |
| war that ended in 1763, gave GA lots of land | French and Indian War |
| British legislature | Parliament |
| tax that hurt GA most | Sugar Act |
| number of reasons Declaration of Independence gave king | 27 |
| bill of rights 4 | illegal search and seizure |
| bill of rights 5 | due process-right to jury, silence, double jeopardy |
| bill of rights 6 | speedy trial |
| bill of rights 7 | jury trial in a civil case |
| bill of rights 8 | cruel and unusual punishment |
| act placed on paper | stamp act |
| three governors | REW |
| people who came down from northern states | crackers |
| all Townshend Acts repealed except | tea tax |
| act that said colonists had to house and feed British soldiers | Quartering Act |
| confrontation between colonists and British soldiers that took lives of 5 colonists | Boston Massacre |
| sent petition to George II asking for no further unfriendly steps | 2nd Continental Congress |
| John Truetlen was from this group of Georgians | salzburgers |
| GA adopted first state constitution | May 1777 |
| parish system was changed to this when state constitution signed | county system |
| series of pamphlets by Paine | The Crisis |
| real power was 12 lawmakers who served as | executive council |
| month and year Savannah was taken over | December 1778 |
| the first government had two branches | governor's council (appointed) and assembly (elected) |
| two houses, representatives by population and senate by equality | Great Compromise |
| 3 out of 5 slaves are citizens | 3/5 Compromise |
| after 1820 no slave trade | slave trade compromise |
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