Exploration and Georgia Colonization
Spanish explorer; in 1540, first person to explore Georgia
Hernando De' Soto
Region of the United States
Southeast
New political party that opposed slavery; created prior to the Civil War
Republican
Led Georgia's militia to victory over 800 British soldiers
Elijah Clark
Period of time with little or no precipitation (rain); huge economics issue states where agriculture (farming) is s a major economic activity
Drought
Disease, from Europe, that killed many Native Americans
Small Pox
Nation that Georgia is a part of
United State
Forced labor; provided most of the labor in the south during Antebellum
Slaves
Colonists who favored the colonies gaining independence from the British
Patriots/Whigs
New Deal program that created new jobs in order to build parks, sewer systems, bridges, etc.
CCC
Church started by Spain to convert people to Catholicism
Continent that the state of Georgia is located in
North American
People who worked/fought to get rid of slavery
Abolitionists
Colonists who favored remaining under British control
Loyalist/Tories
Insect that destroyed large amounts of cotton grown on southern farms in the 1920's
Boll Weevil
Three primary reasons Spain explored the New World
God Gold Glory
Two Hemispheres that Georgia is located in
Northern & Western
American President during the Civil War; elected President in 1860
Abraham Lincoln
Document that started the colonies were free of British control
Declaration of Independents
Sneak attack against a U.S. naval base in Hawaii by the empire of Japan on December 7, 1941
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Three major European countries competing for the New World
Spain, France, Great Britain
Region with the largest population (contains metro Atlanta)
Piedmont
Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery
13th Amendment
Set four laws created to punish the Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea Party
Intolerance Acts
Policy used by United State at the beginning of WWII to allow Great Britian (and others allies) to borrow or rent weapons
Lend-Lease