Leading Up to the Revolution and Georgia's Reaction

What happened: The French and Indians banded together against the British and colonists
Georgia's Reaction: The royal governors of Georgia guarded the state using various forms of protection, including palisades (Ellis)

What Happened: The Proclamation of 1763 was the official end to the French and Indian War and relinquished all land west of the Appalachians (under British control) to the indigenous people.
Georgia's Reaction: They continued expanding their southward boundary because they could not expand westward.

What Happened: The Stamp Act was a tax on all paper goods that mandated all official documents and newspapers, pamphlets, and letters all had to be on a special imported paper (which had a tax). This was the first direct tax on the colonists.
Georgia's Reaction: Georgians protested the tax on goods following suit of the other colonies; by protesting in form of boycotting and petitions

What Happened: Representatives from 9 of the 13 colonies came together to discuss a viable solution to atrocious taxes and not having representation in Congress
Georgia's Reaction: Georgia, who was excluded from the proceedings, protested against the fact that they were not present at the conference

What Happened: The Townshend Acts taxed goods such as glass, paper, paints, tea, and lead
Georgia's Reaction: Protests, specifically in the form of the Liberty Boys who believed in "no taxation without representation"

What Happened: A group of protesting colonists began throwing and harassing a group of Red Coats who opened fire in Massachusetts
Georgia's reaction: Georgians were not notably effected by the "massacre"

What Happened: A group of patriots who went by the name of the Sons of Liberty threw over $1,000,000 worth of tea overboard to protest taxation without representation
Georgia's Reaction: The Liberty Boys grew and the flame of rebellion in Georgia continued to grow

What Happened: The British closed down one of the largest ports in the colonies, Boston Harbor, and refused to reopen it until the colonists repaid them for all of the tea lost. This resulted in even more colonial outrage
Georgia's Reaction: Georgians protested along with other colonies, and continued to harbor a spark of rebellion

What Happened: A law was passed in British parliament that all trials of the Royal Governor be held in Great Britain (the mother country)
Georgia's reaction: Georgians were outraged due to the fact loyalists may get special pardon and judging would be biased; they were significantly outraged largely because they had a royal governor (Wright at the time)