Unit 1
What is the highest point in GA?
Brasstown Bald
What is the order of the American Indians from oldest to newest?
Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippians
Who was the interpreter for both Tomochichi and James Oglethorpe?
Mary Musgrove
Group of people who were loyal to Britain during the American Revolution
Loyalist
The first funded university in Georgia that was made by Abraham Baldwin
UGA
What physical feature protects Georgia from bad weather?
Barrier Islands
Whose is the Spanish man known for searching for gold in GA?
Hernando De Soto
This was the first British settlement in Georgia and was founded on Yamacraw Bluff
Savannah
Failed attempt of 20,000 Patriots and French allies to overtake Savannah
Siege of Savannah
An invention that made picking cotton way easier to pick made by Eli Whittney
Cotton Gin
Where is the majority of the population of Georgia living?
The Piedmont region
What did Spanish conquistadors do to the Natives?
Tortured and killed them throughout Georgia
These people hated the trustees' rules and opinions then whined like a baby over it.
Malcontents
Act that added a tax to any good involved with paper
Stamp act
A new way of transporting goods and people across Atlanta that innovated Georgia
Railroads
What separates both the piedmont and coastal plain region?
Fall line
We know these exist because their men wrote notes.
Spanish missions
Lutherans that escaped Europe to run from religious persecution.
Salzburgers
Austin Dabney
Founded UGA, and also helped write the US constitution
Abraham Baldwin
What is known as the Carpet industry of the world?
Georgia's Valley and Ridge region
What was the bow used to propel spears made by American Indians?
Atlatl
Experienced fighters who settled in Darien GA
Highland Scotts
A war that lasted seven years between France and Great Britain
French and Indian war
A way to gamble for land that is legal. (unlike before)
Land Lotteries