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Georgia StudiesGeorgia StudiesUnit 3 – Statehood, Revolution, Unit 3 – Statehood, Revolution,
and Westward Expansionand Westward Expansion
Lesson 1 – Causes of the Lesson 1 – Causes of the American RevolutionAmerican Revolution
Study Presentation Study Presentation
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Lesson 1 – Causes of the Lesson 1 – Causes of the American RevolutionAmerican Revolution
• ESSENTIAL QUESTION– How did the causes of the American
Revolution impact Georgia?
– Why was trade so important to the colonies during the American Revolution?
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North America, 1754 North America, 1754
• Spain claimed Florida and Mexico• France claimed land from
Louisiana to the Great Lakes, and parts of Canada; New Orleans (south) and Detroit (north) anchored French settlements
• Great Britain had established the 13 colonies along the Atlantic coast
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French and Indian WarFrench and Indian War OriginsOrigins
• France and Great Britain wanted the treasures (resources, gold, land, etc.) of the American continent
• Both countries feared the other would gain the most power
• France had the stronger army with more experienced leadership; British had better navy
• Both sides had allies with certain Indian tribes
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The The French and IndianFrench and Indian War War• Both sides claimed the Ohio River Valley area
(more than 200,000 square miles)• The French built several forts in the area;
many Indians sided with the French • The Virginia governor sent Captain George
Washington with soldiers to Fort Necessity (near today’s Pittsburgh); a battle erupted
• The war soon spread to Europe; by 1758, the British controlled the Ohio Valley
• The Treaty of Paris (1763) ended the war; the British were victorious.
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Georgia and the Georgia and the War’s War’s AftermathAftermath
• Treaty of Paris set Georgia’s western boundary at the Mississippi River
• Proclamation of 1763 (King George III): Georgia’s southern boundary set at St. Mary’s River; Georgia colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains as the land was reserved for Native Americans.
• Cherokee and Creek tribes gave up land claims north of Augusta and in the coastal region
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Unhappy with British ActsUnhappy with British Acts• Great Britain needed money; much
debt and security expenses resulted from the French and Indian War
• Sugar Act: tax on sugar and molasses imported from the West Indies
• Stamp Act: tax on newspapers, legal documents, and licenses
• Georgians disapproved of these acts
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The The Liberty BoysLiberty Boys• Part of larger group, the “Sons of Liberty”• Georgians who came together to oppose the
Stamp Act • Some called them “Liberty Brawlers”• Met in taverns, such as Savannah’s Tondee’s
Tavern • Georgia only colony to actually sell the
stamps• Stamp Act was eventually repealed
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Protests IncreaseProtests Increase• Georgia protested the British taxation (acts)
to a small extent. The other 12 colonies were more directly effected by many of these acts and reacted (protested) more strongly.
• Noble Wimberly Jones, speaker of Georgia colonial assembly, led Townshend Act protests
• Townshend Acts: placed import taxes on tea, paper, glass, and coloring for paints
• Governor Wright disbanded the assembly to try to end the protests
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Intolerable ActsIntolerable Acts• Boston Tea Party – Protest against the Tea Act in Boston,
Massachusetts on December 16, 1773. Members of the Sons of Liberty, dressed as Native Americans, dumped 90,000 lbs. of tea into Boston Harbor.
• Great Britain punished the Massachusetts colony by creating the Coercive Acts (called the “Intolerable Acts” by the colonists).
• The Intolerable Acts had four major effects:1.Closed Boston Harbor2.Cancelled the Massachusetts Royal Charter3.British officials accused of crimes in Massachusetts
were tried in Great Britain.4.Quartering Act – Citizens of Massachusetts were forced
to house and feed British troops at their own expense.
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Declaration of Independence• Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” pamphlet
encourage colonies to break from Great Britain; sold more than 500,000 copies
• Other pamphlets, including “The Crisis” influenced opinion
• August 2, 1776: Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton (representatives from Georgia) sign the Declaration of Independence
• The Declaration meant the colonists were one nation; Georgians prepared for war
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