Georgia's Role in Shaping America

Georgia was basically the teacher's pet of the British Empire before the Revolution started.

We were the baby of the family and the only colony to actually sell those hated stamps

because we still needed the King's money and protection. But eventually, we switched sides.

It was messy, with neighbors fighting neighbors as Loyalists and Patriots. We took a huge loss

at the Siege of Savannah, but after the war, things got interesting. The first government

was too weak, so Georgia’s Abraham Baldwin forced a tie vote that saved the Constitutional

Convention. We literally helped invent the American government just to secure our borders.