cornell notes american revolution lecture part 3

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Cornell Notes from American Revolution Lecture Part 3

King George the III The son of king gorge II Believed all people should be loyal

Deaf to the colonel rights

Lord North British prime minister

He also believed that colonist could not have less rightsand lower taxes then the British citizens

Sam Adams Helped organize agents the stamp act Created the sons of liberty, and the comities of

correspondents

Organized the protest on the Boston massacre

And organized the Boston tea party

Paul Revere Leader of the sons of liberty Depicted the Boston massacre, which shaped a negative

public opinion for the British king and the British people Famous rider who warned the minutemen about the

British soldiers invading Lexington and concort

Famous only because his name rhymed with the famouspome

James Otis Frames the legal argument for colonial rights Speaks agents the British tax laws

John Adams Helps form a self-government for the colonies, beleved of

the right

Deafened the British soldiers involved in the Bostonmassacre

Proved that the soldier did not act in a massacre, ratherthan protect their lives

Abigail Adams Wife to John Adams Wrote to her husband around the time of the Declaration

of independence, talking about womens rights

John Hancock Because he was a smuggler he became rich

The first to sign the D.O.I

His signature was big because he wanted the king to seeit first

Benjamin Franklin Famous throughout all of the colonies, for he was awriter, publisher, and a scientist

Represented the colonel view to the British parliament,

Served as a French diplomat to convince the French tohelp fight in the American Revolution agents the British

Patrick Henry Outspoken member of the house of burgess

Inventor of the phrase: give me liberty or give me death,


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and also: taxation without representation is tyranny

Thomas Jefferson A member of the house of burgess Main author of the D.O.I

3rdpresident of the U.S.A

Founder of the comities of correspondents

George Washington Hero of the French and Indian war Retired from the military, and became a large land and

plantation owner

Represented Virginia in 1stand 2ndcontinental congress

Leader of the continental army

1stpresident of the U.S.A

Lyman Hall Graduated from Yale studding medicine Bought land in Georgia

Became involved in revolutionary politics, and earnedthe unflattering attention of governor James Wight

Won the election for the continental congress

Re-elected to the second continental congress, wherehe signed the D.O.I

Button Gwinnett involved in revolutionary politics commander of Georgias continental molisha

Also elected to attend the continental congress

Signed the D.O.I

Killed in a gun dual between general lactone Macintosh Ran an unsuccessful campaign for governor

His signer is valuable because he is the only signer todie at a young age

George Walton A successful lawyer and important early GA statesmen Though he was the youngest delegate to the 2nd

Continental Congress, he was appointed to serve as theSecretary

One of GA s three Declaration signers

Was wounded during the British attack on Savannah

and held as a P.O.W. An active politician after the war, he served as U.S.

Congressman, GA Chief Justice, GA Governor and U.S.Senator

Siege of Savannah In the Fall of 1779, American and French forcesprepared to attack and regain control of Savannah fromthe British.

They attack, on October 9, lasted only 90 minutes, andthe Americans were beaten back, losing thousands ofsoldiers.

The attack on Savannah was the second bloodiest battleof the Revolutionary War.


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The most famous casualty of the battle was a Polishsoldier who had come to fight for the colonists, CountCasimir Pulaski. Both Pulaski County and Fort Pulaskiare named in his honor.

Battle of Kettle Creek A group of 700 British soldiers and Loyalists marchedfrom North Carolina and camped on a small stream

called Kettle Creek

A group of Patriots from the Georgia backcountry, ledby Elijah Clarke, marched to meet the British at Kettle

Creek in an early morning surprise attack in February

1779

Elijah Clarkes victory forced the British to withdraw

from Augusta

Elijah Clarke The hero of the Battle of Kettle Creek

While the Patriots were struggling to keep their hopes

alive, Clarke led small groups through the Carolina

frontier to attack the British with guerilla tactics.

In 1781, Clarke returned to Georgia from Carolina and

helped the Patriots regain control of Augusta

Austin Dabney A slave who joined the Whigs

The only black Whig soldier at the Battle of Kettle Creek

Seriously wounded at Kettle Creek, Dabney was cared

for by Giles Harris, a white friend

Granted his freedom by the government of Georgia in

1786

Chose to work for Giles Harrisfamily for the rest of his

life

Nancy Hart According to legend, served as a Whig spy at KettleCreek

Killed possibly six invading British soldiers after getting

them drunk on wine when they demanded she cook for

them

Today, Hart County is the only County in Georgia

named after a woman

Cornwallis Surrenders With the help of the French, George Washingtondefeated the British at the battle of Yorktown

Cornwallis Surrenders to the American forces


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The War Ends! When the war ends America gains its independents

Under the treaty of Paris the British recognizes the U.S

as an independent nation

The border extended to pacific ocean, to the Mississippi

River

The Sothern border stops at Florida

America agreed to pay the loyalist for the land they lost

during the war

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