Our final History Talk meeting will be Thursday October 2nd. beginning at 6:30 at Pendley Creek Brewing Company on Main St. in Jasper. Our good friend Gerald Flinchum will be discussing the Revolutionary War in Georgia.
1775 – The Liberty Boys. Resistance to the Crown.
1776 – Battle of the Rice Boats
1776 – 1778 - Three Florida Expeditions
1779 – Struggle For the Backcountry
Vann’s Creek -Feb. 11
Kettle Creek – Feb. 14
Brier Creek – March 3
1779 – Battle of Savannah
1780 – 1781 Augusta – Two Battles
Some Notorious Characters
Arguably, about 25% of Americans actively supported the revolution, and an equal number preferred to remain with the British Empire. Most Americans believe that they need greater independence in their affairs.
British plans to “Americanize” the war failed repeatedly, however, including in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina from 1775 to 1776, upstate New York and Vermont in 1777, and the Middle Colonies from 1777 to 1778. Despite these setbacks, Lord George Germain, secretary for the colonies, tried this strategy again in Georgia in 1778 and South Carolina in 1780, campaigns that ended in a disaster for the British.
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