Unit 3 Vocabulary

The first constitution of the United States of America. Because it allowed for only a weak central government, it was later replaced with the U.S. Constitution, which established a federal government with a president, a judicial system, and the authority to tax.

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Stamp Act

• Siege of Savannah

A person who supported breaking from the British government and forming a new government ruled by colonists.

• Battle of Kettle Creek

• Constitutional Convention

• Patriot

• Loyalist

A war between England, France, and their Native American allies for control of North America. Indians fought on both sides of the war. 

• Proclamation of 1763

• French and Indian War

• Siege of Savannah

• Battle of Kettle Creek

A colonist who supported the British government during the American Revolution.

• Stamp Act

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• Proclamation of 1763

three-part document that discusses natural rights, explains the wrongs committed by the King, and offer an official statement of separation from England

• Georgia Signers of the Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitutional Convention

A law established by the British government to help repay the cost of the French and Indian War.  One of the first taxes placed on the colonists causing much protest. 

• Stamp Act

• Georgia Signers of the U.S. Constitution

• Patriot

• Articles of Confederation

meeting that took place in Philadelphia from May to Sept. 1787; original intent was to revise the Articles of Confederation; result was a new document to govern our country.

• Constitutional Convention:

• Proclamation of 1763

• French and Indian War

• Articles of Confederation

A battle of the Revolutionary War that took place in 1779. It was the second-deadliest clash of the war. The British gained control of the city.

• Battle of Kettle Creek

• Siege of Savannah

• French and Indian War

• Stamp Act

A battle of the American Revolution fought in Georgia on February 14, 1779. The battle raised the morale of Georgia Patriots, gave them much needed supplies, and set the stage for several victories in the southern backcountry toward the end of the war.

• Loyalist

• Battle of Kettle Creek

• French and Indian War

• Siege of Savannah

Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton were the three Georgians who signed the Declaration of Independence. Gwinnett was a British-born colonist who served in the colonial legislature and the Second Continental Congress. Hall served in the Second Continental Congress and as governor of the state of Georgia. Walton also served as governor of Georgia.

• Declaration of Independence

• Georgia Signers of the Declaration of Independence

• Georgia Signers of the U.S. Constitution

• None of the Above