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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. |
