Revolutionary War

Royal Governor of Georgia at beginning of Revolutionary War

• James Wright

• George Washington

• James Oglethorp

• Thomas Jefferson

Wrote the first draft of the Constitution

• Dolly Madison

• James Madison

• James Oglethorp

• Saint James

Conflict between France and Great Britain where both sides allied with several Native American Tribes

• French Revolution

• World War 1

• French and Indian War

• American Revolution

Law that placed taxes on all paper goods and products

• Sugar Tax

• Tea Tax

• Tatoo Act

• Stamp Act

Document that stated the colonies were free of British control

• Articles of Confederation

• Treaty of Paris

• Declaration of Independence

All of the following signed the Declaration of Independence are from Georgia except

• Gwinnett Button

• Lyman Hall

• George Walton

• James Oglethorpe

Colonists who favored the colonies gaining independence from the British were called

• Patriots/Whigs

• Browns/Bengals

• Falcson/Braves

• Tories/Loyalist

Colonists who favored remaining under British control were called

• Bengals/Chiefs

• Loyalists/Tories

• Whigs/Patriots

• Eagles/Patriots

American Revolution battle in GA; victory for Georgia as the militia 

were able to defeat and gain supplies from the British

• Siege of Savannah

• Battle of Captain Crunch

• Battle of Lexington

• Battle of Kettle Creek

American Revolution battle in GA; loss for Georgia as the militia and continental army failed to retake GA’s capital city from British 

control

• Battle of Captain Crunch

• Battle of Kettle Creek

• Siege of Savannah

• Battle of Lexington