Colonial Georgia
Native American's in Georgia
The America Revolution
Georgia Moves West
The Civil War
100
The Colony of Georgia was founded on these three goals.
What is Economics, Defense & Philanthropy
100
They were the Native American Nation that lived in Georgia when Spain first arrived in the mid 16th century.
Who were the Mississippians
100
The Colonists declared themselves independent from Great Britain with this document.
What is the Declaration of Independence
100
This was the Capital of Georgia during the Civil War. The 4th different capital.
What is Milledgeville
100
His election in 1860 triggered Southern states to secede from the Union.
Who was Abraham Lincoln
200
She was vital to the relationship between James Oglethorpe and Chief Tomochichi when Great Britain first arrived in Georgia. Pictured on the left.
Who was Mary Musgrove
200
He was the president who signed and enforced the Indian Removal Act against a Supreme Court ruling.
Who was Andrew Jackson
200
The King issued the Proclamation of 1763 ordering the colonists to stay east of this physical feature.
What are the Appalachian Mountains
200
A term that means America was destine to move west.
What is Manifest Destiny
200
This is the act of separating from the Union. 11 Southern states did this in 1861.
What is secede
300
This was the period in Colonial Georgia 91732-1752) that included a ban on slavery and purchasing land.
What is the Trustee Period
300
He was executed by his fellow Creeks for selling their land without Council approval.
Who was William McIntosh
300
This was a failed attempt by the Patriots to free Savannah from British occupation.
What was the Siege of Savannah
300
A transportation system that greatly increased Georgia's population west.
What are the Railroads
300
This was a compromise that stalled the Civil War for about 10 years.
What is the Compromise of 1850
400
In 1752, King George II took over the control of Georgia making it this type of colony.
What is a Royal Colony
400
This is what the removal of the Cherokee from north Georgia to the Oklahoma territory was called.
What is the Trail of Tears
400
In 1765, Great Britain issued a tax on all paper products in the colonies with this act.
What is the Stamp Act
400
The fifth location of the Capital of Georgia, it moved here after the Civil War.
What is Atlanta
400
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at this South Carolina Fort.
What is Fort Sumter
500
These were the crops that the early Georgia Colonists originally planned to produce.
What are Wine, Rice, Indigo, Silk and Tobacco.
500
This Cherokee Chief fought for the Cherokee to keep their land in north Georgia until removal began in the 1830's.
Who was John Ross
500
This was the newly independent America's first form of government.
What was the Articles of Confederation
500
This was the first state sponsored University in America.
What is the University of Georgia
500
General William T Sherman was ordered to destroy everything in his path from Atlanta to Savannah in this Civil War event.
What was the March to the Sea