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| French and Indian War | War fought between Great Britain and its two enemies, the French and the Indians of North America |
| Proclamation of 1763 | issued by King George III after the French and Indian War that forbade the colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| Stamp Act | act passed by Bristish Parliament in an attempt to raise money to pay for the French and Indian War. Placed a tax on newspapers, legal documents, and licenses |
| Intolerable Acts | acts enacted by Parliament to punish the colonists of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party |
| Declaration of Independence | document that declared the 13 colonies independence from Great Britain |
| loyalist | also called Tories, British Royalists, or "King's friends," who were loyal to the king of England, George III |
| patriots | also called the Whigs, Liberty Boys, Colonials, or Sons and Daugthers of Liberty, citiens ready to cut ties with Great Britain |
| Elijah Clarke | colonel who led a rebel militia in the Battle of Kettle Creek against more than 800 British troops |
| Austin Dabney | freeborn mulatto who fought in the Battle of Kettle Creek and only African American to be granted land by the state of Georgia in recognition of his bravery and service during the Revolution |
| Nancy Hart | Georgian who killed one Torie and held 2 others hostage after they demanded her to cook food |
| Button Gwinnett | one of the signers for Georgia on the Declaration of Independence and his autograph is one of the most sough-after collector's autographs inthe world |
| Lyman Hall | a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia. Hall County is named after him. |
| George Walton | the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia |
| Articles of Confederation | ratified in 1781, intentionally established a weak national government |
| Abraham Baldwin | one of the signers of the Constitution from Georgia andServed as a chaplain for soldiers in the Revolutionary War |
| William Few | one of the signers of the Constitution from Georgia. He was a Lt. Col in the Revolutionary War andServed in the Continental Congress |
