The American Revolution in Georgia; 1763�1789,

Author

Coleman; Kenneth

Year

1958

Publisher

University of Georgia Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-0-82035-973-1

Link

Last Update

23-Nov-2024

Keywords

History ; American Studies

Description

There are many reasons to welcome the reprinting of what remains the standard work on Georgia and the American Revolution. Georgia was one of the few colonies not to send delegates to the Stamp Act Congress (1765) and later to the First Continental Congress (1775). It was the last state to declare allegiance to Britain treasonous. In 1778 it became the only state that the British captured during the Revolutionary War. The British commander Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell delighted in the prospect of taking “a stripe and star from the rebel flag of Congress” (122). Georgia alone retained civilian government...