While the independence movement was strongest in the new england colonies, georgians were divided on the issue. Analyze the cause of the american revolution and explain why some georgians were motivated to remain loyal to great britain and others sought independence.

Alike the Patriots, which were the majority of the people in the New England Colony, making the independence movement very popular in the early 1770s, Georgians also fiercely opposed British trade regulations, which was the main reason for the independence movement and ultimately the Revolutionary War (1775-83).

However, the number of Patriots was much smaller in Georgia than in other colonies because the colony had originally prospered under royal rule, and many Georgians, due to their geographical conditions, thought that they needed the protection of British troops against a possible Indian attack.