American Revolutionary War (SS8H3)

SS8H3 Analyze the role of Georgia in the American Revolutionary Era. 

1. Explain the causes of the American Revolution as they impacted Georgia; include the French and Indian War, Proclamation of 1763, and the Stamp Act.

2. Interpret the three parts of the Declaration of Independence (preamble, grievances, and declaration) and identify the three Georgia signers of the document.

3. Analyze the significance of the Loyalists and Patriots as a part of Georgia’s role in the Revolutionary War; include the Battle of Kettle Creek and Siege of Savannah. 

4. Analyze the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and explain how those weaknesses led to the writing of the new federal Constitution. 

Suggested Collections

• Ad Hoc Collection (Georgia Archives)

• Chatham County Deed Books, 1785-1806 (Georgia Archives)

• Continental Congress Collection (Hargrett Library)

• George Walton and Richard Howley Letter (Hargrett Library)

• Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library Rare Map Collection

• J. Kyle Spencer Map Collection (Columbus State University. Archives)

• James Wright Papers (Georgia Historical Society)

• John Macpherson Berrien Papers (Georgia Historical Society)

• Keith Read Collection (Hargrett Library)

• List of Georgia Settlers (Hargrett Library) 

• Samuel Edward Butler Diary (Hargrett Library)

• Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842

• Telamon Cuyler Collection (Hargrett Library)

• Thomas Carr Family Papers (Hargrett Library)

• Treaty of Hopewell (Hargrett Library)

Suggested Searches

• First Continental Congress (1774) 

• French and Indian War (1754-1763)

• Proclamation of 1763

• Stamp Act 

• Seven Years War (1756-1763) 

• Georgia Constitution of 1777

• Grievances

• Declaration of Independence

• Button Gwinnett (1735-1777) 

• Lyman Hall (1734-1790) 

• George Walton (1749?-1804)

• Battle of Kettle Creek 

• Siege of Savannah 

• Clarke, Elijah (1742-1799)

• Dabney, Austin (1765-1830) 

• Intolerable Acts

• Jasper, William (1750-1779) 

• Liberty Boys 

• Pulaski, Casmir (1745-1779)

• Tondee, Peter

• Articles of Confederation

• Baldwin, Abraham (1754-1807)

• Constitution

• Constitutional Convention

• Few, William (1748-1828)

• Great Compromise

• Judicial Branch

• New Jersey Plan

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Unicameral Legislature

• Virginia Plan

Historic Newspapers

• Chronicling America, 1777-1789 (newspapers from throughout the United States)

• Georgia Historic Newspapers, 1775-1789

Suggested DPLA Primary Resource Sets and Exhibits

• Creating the US Constitution 

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen 

• Revolutionary War Turning Points: Saratoga and Valley Forge

• Road to Revolution: 1763-1776  

NGE Articles

Georgia Public Broadcasting Resources

Georgia Historical Society Resources

• Featured Historical Figures: Abraham Baldwin

• Primary Source Set

• Teacher's Guide 

Posters and Postcards

• SS8H3 poster

• SS8H3 postcard

• SS8H3a poster