American Revolution Vocabulary

a conflict between France and England for control of the rich fur region of the Ohio River valley

• Declaration of Independence

• Proclamation of 1763

• French and Indian War

• Siege of Savannah

forbade colonists from settling lands west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Declaration of Independence

• Stamp Act

• Battle of Kettle Creek

• Proclamation of 1763

placed a direct tax on items that were commonly used by almost every colonist, including newspapers, licenses, and legal documents

• Stamp Act

• Patriots

• Button Gwinnett

• Proclamation of 1763

document that officially declared the colonies’ independence from Great Britain; contains preamble, grievances, and declaration)

• Proclamation of 1763

• Declaration of Independence

• Stamp Act

• Patriots

signer of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia

• Martin Luther King

• Malcom X

• Button Gwinnett

• Luther Vandross

colonists who were loyal to Britain and did not want the colonies to break away from their mother country

• Patriots

• Traders

• Loyalists

• Siege of Savannah

battle that raised the morale of Georgia Patriots; replenished needed supplies; set the stage for several victories in the southern back country near the end of the Revolutionary War

• Siege of Savannah

• Stamp Act

• Battle of Kettle Creek

• Proclamation of 1763

colonists who rebelled against British control during the American Revolution; also called Whigs, Sons and Daughters of Liberty, and Liberty Boys (in Georgia)

• Salzburgers

• Patriots

• Highland Scots

• Loyalists

battle that raised the morale of Georgia Patriots; replenished needed supplies; set the stage for several victories in the southern back country near the end of the Revolutionary War

• Civil War

• Battle of Kettle Creek

• Siege of Savannah

• World WarI

battle that marked the first time American and French troops fought together; attack was unsuccessful for the American and French troops

• Siege of Savannah

• World War II

• Jenkins Ear

• Battle of Kettle Creeks