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SS8H3 The
student will analyze the role of Georgia
in the American Revolution.
A) Explain the immediate and long-term
causes of the American Revolution and
their impact on Georgia;
include the French and Indian War (i.e.,
Seven Years
War)
[pp. 143-146], Proclamation of
1763
[p. 145], Stamp Act
[pp. 149-
150], Intolerable
Acts
[pp. 151-152], and the
Declaration of Independence
[pp. 155-156].
B) Analyze the significance of people and events in
Georgia on the Revolutionary
War; include Loyalists
[pp. 149, 153, 157], patriots
[p. 149], Elijah Clarke
[pp. 157, 161],
Austin Dabney
[p. 162], Nancy Hart
[p. 159], Button
Gwinnett
[pp. 155, 157], Lyman Hall
[pp. 1153, 154, 155], George
Walton
[p. 155, 157],
Battle of Kettle Creek
[pp. 157-158, 162], and siege of
Savannah
[p. 158].
SS8H4 The student will describe the
impact of events that led to the
ratification of the United States
Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
A) Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of both the
Georgia Constitution of
1777
[p. 156] and the Articles of
Confederation
[p. 157] and explain how
weaknesses in the
Articles of Confederation led to a need
to revise the Articles
[p. 174].
B) Describe the role of Georgia at the
Constitutional Convention of 1787;
include
the role of Abraham
Baldwin
[p. 174] and William Few
[p. 174], and reasons
why Georgia
ratified the new constitution.
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