| January 16, 1774 |
War breaks out with the Creek over the settlement of recently ceded lands
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Creek Indians |
| January 17, 1774 |
Georgia House appoints a "committee of correspondence" to handle communication with the other colonies on matters of interest.
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| March 2, 1774 |
Georgia's lower house passes a resolution reappointing Benjamin Franklin as colonial agent. |
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Benjamin Franklin |
| March 24, 1774 |
Britain passes the "Intolerable Acts."
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Intolerable Acts |
| March 31, 1774 |
Head Turkey, a Creek on the way to Savannah to negotiate a peace treaty is murdered near Augusta by Thomas Fee. Fee would later escape jail, but Royal governor Wright's offer of a $100 reward appeases the Creek
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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James Wright |
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Creek Indians |
| May 2, 1774 |
Wanting to return to Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin turns over the job of Georgia's colonial agent to Grey Elliot. |
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Benjamin Franklin |
| July 14, 1774 |
The Georgia Gazette publishes an invitation to a meeting at the "liberty pole" at Tondee's Tavern signed by George Walton, John Houstoun, Noble W. Jones and Archibald Bulloch
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John Houstoun, Patriot |
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George Walton
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| July 24, 1774 |
Meeting at Tondee's Tavern to organize Georgia for the rebellion.
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John Houstoun, Patriot |
| August 5, 1774 |
Governor Wright, having learned of the meeting at Tondee's Tavern, issues an order to prevent a second meeting already scheduled. The order is ignored by the radicals
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James Wright |
| August 10, 1774 |
Meeting at Tondee's Tavern to vote on eight resolutions, including calling the Intolerable Acts "contrary to the British constitution." The Radicals did not elect representatives to the First Continental Congress, although the proposal did receive much of the meeting's attention.
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| September 5, 1774 |
First Continental Congress convenes with representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies. Only Georgia is absent.
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| September 9, 1774 |
The Suffolk Resolves are adopted by at a convention in Milton. Written by Joseph Warren, the Resolves split the members of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia |
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Joseph Warren |
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Intolerable Acts |
| September 17, 1774 |
The Continental Congress endorses the Suffolk Resolves |
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Intolerable Acts |
| October 20, 1774 |
Peace treaty signed with the Creek, ending hostilities that commenced in January, 1774
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Creek Indians |
| December 6, 1774 |
St. John's Parish elects Lyman Hall as its representative to the First Continental Congress. He does not attend because he had not been elected by the provincial congress.
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Lyman Hall |
| December 6, 1774 |
St. John's Parish votes to join the Continental Association
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