1. Warm Up:10/3/12
Copy the following on a new page in your notebook: Today’s Standard: SS8H4 Essential Question: What events led to the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and what role did Georgia play in this process? Enduring Understanding: By studying time, change and continuity we can better understand how the American Colonies became the United States of America.

2. Revolution Events & Wrap Up
SS8H4

3. Revolution Events & Wrap Up
Main Ideas: The Siege of Savannah
Notes: In December 1778, British forces attacked and took control of Savannah. With the help of the French Army who came to help the colonists, the Americans colonists under the leadership of General Benjamin Lincoln, laid siege to Savannah in a battle that lasted only 45 minutes.

4. Revolution Events & Wrap Up
Main Ideas: The Siege of Savannah
Notes: At the end of the Siege of Savannah, 1,000 American soldiers were dead. Only 40 British soldiers lost their lives. The Americans lost control of Savannah as a result of this battle for the next 3 ½ years.
General Benjamin Lincoln

5. Revolution Events & Wrap Up
Main Ideas: The Articles of Confederation
Notes:
The Continental Congress wrote the Articles of Confederation during the Revolutionary War. The articles were written to give the colonies some sense of a unified government. Once the thirteen colonies became the thirteen states, however, each one began to act alone in its own best interest. A new governing document was needed in order for these new states to act together, to become a nation.

6. Revolution Events & Wrap Up
Main Ideas: The Articles of Confederation
Notes:
The Articles of Confederation became effective on March 1, 1781, after all thirteen states had ratified them. The Articles made the states and a unicameral legislature supreme. There was no executive branch. Judicial functions were very limited. There was no method for collecting taxes or coining money.
The resulting government was weak. Efforts to make it stronger failed. A convention called in May 1787 to re-write the Articles decided to draft an entirely new Constitution.

7. Revolution Events & Wrap Up
Main Ideas: Georgia and the Constitutional Convention
Notes: In the summer of 1787, the Georgia Assembly appointed William Pierce, William Few, Abraham Baldwin, and William Houston as its delegates to the Constitutional Convention to be held in Philadelphia. Only Few and Baldwin stayed until the end and signed the new U.S. Constitution.
William Few
Abraham Baldwin

8. Revolution Events & Wrap Up
Main Ideas: Georgia and the Constitutional Convention
Notes: There were many debates during the convention. The larger states wanted representatives based on population, the smaller states wanted equal representation—no matter the size of the state. Abraham Baldwin served on a committee to help find a compromise which has since been called The Great Compromise.

9. Revolution Events & Wrap Up
Main Ideas: Georgia and the Constitutional Convention
Notes: Georgia supported the new Constitution and called a meeting in December of 1787 to decide if it would ratify (or agree with/pass into law) the Constitution. On January 2, 1788, Georgia became the 4th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution with a vote of 26-0