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The “Intolerable” Acts _ _________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ erson of Virginia, ed. In December _ __________________ _ nances,diplomacy, _______ __________ orts, the British were _ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ In the early years,ghting neighbor. _ __________________ _ a young and weak colony to becoming colony and weak a young _ __________________ _ ese three chapters are the story of this _ __________________ _ , a loose organization of the states with a _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ for independence.nally to a movement Georgia was _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ confederation _ __________________ _ ict and fi ___________________ ghting for independence. _ ____________________ __________________________ __________ _ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ _________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ more like the other British colonies in America. Yet while the 1760s and 1770s were amore likemm the other British colonies in America. Yet timettttt of growth for this youngest of the original colonies, it was also a time of growing discontentddddd and disagreement with Like the mother country. the other colonies, Georgia opposedo the new British colonial policies and Indian emerged after that War. the French uring the royal period, Georgia had gone from being period, uring the royal u _ __________________ _ Its History and Its Promise John Adams of from left to right, standing in front of the desk, consisted of, committee, ve-man these _ __________________ _ lllly lll rst experiment in government was a _ __________________ _ alal u _ __________________ _ ttu e fi e e American Revolution was bloody in Georgia, with neighbor fi Georgia: Th Th ene _ __________________ _ EvEEEEv Eventually these disagreementsEventually led to confl more cautious than its fellow colonies in participating in outright rebellion. eventually But the colony did join with the others in declaring and fi very weak central government and powerful state governments. Problems with fi and other issues of governing led government. to a movement to change that Meeting in Philadelphia in 1787, Georgia and eleven other states hammered out a new framework of government under the StatesUnited Constitution. Because of problems it had experienced in the 1780s, especially with the Creek Indians, Georgia was a strong supporter of this change. Georgia approved the Constitution and became the fourth state to join States the United of America. Th transition from royal to state. colony and Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania. Congress adopted the declaration on July 4, 1776. Congress adopted the declaration and Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania. John Trumbell’s famous painting, “Declaration of Independence,” hangs in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. The hangs in the rotunda of the U.S. of Independence,” “Declaration famous painting, John Trumbell’s to the Second the drafting com- of the declaration Continental Congress by the presentation painting shows The fi mittee. Roger Sherman Thomas Jeff Massachusetts, of Connecticut, Robert York, R. Livingston of New ___________________the revolutionaries controlled the state after the royal government collapsed and fl 1778, the British recaptured Georgia, least at most of the coast. In spite of their eff never the backcountry. able to control As a result, Georgia was divided between royal and revolutionary governments. Both the British and the revolutionaries had victories and defeats in the war in Georgia. the war for independence was however, won, and GeorgiaUltimately, and the other twelve former colonies formed a new country. _ ___________________ _ _______________________________________240 _ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ___________________241 _ ____________________ ___________________ _ ____________________ ___________________________________________ ___________ ___________________ Era Georgia in the Revolutionary _ ___________________ _ ___________________Unit III: _ ____________________ ____________________ __________________________ ___________ ____________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ ____________________ __________________________ ___________ _ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ___________________ said of the Ottawa Chief Pontiac of the Ohio River, the land and had no right did not own the French tribes joined the Ot- it to the British. Several to give and rebelled against the British in May 1763, tawa raids by followed attacking British forts. That was The British soldiers did killed. in which settlers were did not but Pontiac bring the rebellion under control, surrender until 1766. _ __________________________ ___________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ _________________ _ nd main ideas. The nd main ideas. in a para- rst sentence _ __________________ _ cult to cult _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ that explain, describe, prove, or prove, describe, explain, that _ __________________ _ Georgia in the Revolutionary Era Georgia in the Revolutionary _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ in rst or last sentence , which is often the fi _ __________________ _ Unit III: _ __________________ _ by main idea is followed The c ideas or details. ning the Skill _ __________________ _ The main idea is easy to locate The Copy the graphic organizer on organizer the graphic Copy You should always read to fi read should always You _ __________________ _ graph, is usually a single sentence that describes that is usually a single sentence graph, specifi supporting details where, what, Supporting tell who, details may clarify. Supporting also provide details may when, or why. facts, or statistics. examples, if it is the fi diffi It is more a paragraph. the main idea, however, identify in the middle ofwhen it is located or is implied insteadthe paragraph of actually being stated. main idea Practicing the SkillPracticing Defi When the war ended, many Na- many ended, When the war afraid that were Americans tive begin to move would the colonists particu- This was into their lands. of larly true for those living west the Appalachian Mountains who Northhad been allies of the French. a separate sheet of paper. Then, Then, sheet of paper. a separate and paragraph the following read the main idea and the sup-identify graphic porting On your details. write the main idea in organizer, and the supporting circle the center surround that ideas on the circles one. the center ___________________242 _ _ ___________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ 243 _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ rst _ _ __________________ , _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ . Phillis _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ rst live “corsages.” live rst _ _ __________________ Robinson Crusoe Signs of the Times _ _ __________________ FADS Aesop’s Fables Aesop’s _ _ __________________ savings time. savings _ _ _________________ s, and s, _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ rst proposed the idea of daylight fi bifocal eyeglasses. In 1784, Franklin bifocal eyeglasses. LITERATURE ________ __________ invented In 1760, Benjamin Franklin _ glasses became the fi “Bosom bottles” were worn for the fi for worn were “Bosom bottles” SCIENCE/INVENTIONS time in 1765. These small ribbon-decoratedtime in 1765. _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ Gulliver’s Travel Gulliver’s Books that were popular for adults to read adults to popular for were Books that to their children included to Wheatley, a gifted black poet from Boston, a gifted Wheatley, ___________________had a book of her poems published in 1773. _ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ________ __________MUSIC _ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ _ _ __________________ Revolutionary War favorites included favorites War Revolutionary Today, it is known as “Yankee Doodle.” “Yankee as it is known Today, POPULATION from Camp” to make fun of the colonists. make to from Camp” British soldiers sang “The Yankeys Return “TheYankeys British soldiers sang _ _ __________________ “Johnny Had Gone for a Soldier,” “The Foggy, “The Foggy, a Soldier,” Had Gone for “Johnny Foggy Dew,” and “All the Pretty Little Horses.” the Pretty Little Horses.” “All and Dew,” Foggy ___________________ 1780, theAbout 23,000 in 1770; by _ ___________________ about 56,100. to had grown population _ ____________________ ___________________ painted was War This famous image of the Revolutionary “Yankee Originally titled Willard. Archibald M. in 1875 by ‘76.” “Spirit of as be known it has come to Doodle,” _ _____________________________________ _____________________________________
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