Geography & Native Americans
This prehistoric culture farmed, hunted, lived near rivers in wattle and daub houses, and constructed large earthen mounds.
Who were the Mississippians?
Spain’s primary motivations for European settlement are commonly summarized by these "3 Gs".
Gold, God, and Glory
Unlike the Trustee Period, Georgia’s Royal Period allowed large land holdings and significantly increased the use of this type of labor.
What is slave labor?
This royal order prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
The section of the Declaration of Independence that details specific complaints against King George III is called this.
What are the Grievances?
On a world map, Georgia is located in this region of the United States and on this continent.
What is Southeastern and North America?
This economic system encouraged England to establish colonies so they could supply raw materials and trade markets back to the mother country.
What is mercantilism?
A person who invests their own time and money to start a new business to earn a profit is called this.
What is an entrepreneur?
Georgia had fewer visible protests against this tax act than other colonies due to its small population, strong royal leadership, and economic dependence on Great Britain
What was the Stamp Act?
Under the Articles of Confederation, the federal government could not directly tax citizens, making it difficult to do this.
What is pay soldiers or build infrastructure (like roads)?
This southern Georgia region features a long growing season and produces crops like peaches, peanuts, and pecans.
What is the Coastal Plain?
These were the three official reasons for establishing the Georgia colony in the Charter of 1732.
Philanthropy, Economics, and Defense?
If a business owner earns $120 in total sales and incurs $80 in costs, this is their total profit.
What is $40?
Combined Patriot and French forces failed to retake this city, leaving it under British control
What is Savannah?
Name two major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation besides the inability to tax
What are no power to regulate trade, lack of a common currency, or no standing national army?
An early riverboat traveling inland from the coast hits impassable rapids at this geographic boundary where the Piedmont meets the Coastal Plain.
What is the Fall Line?
She served as a vital translator between James Oglethorpe and Yamacraw Chief Tomochichi.
Who was Mary Musgrove?
Name two of the modern industries driving Georgia's economy today.
What are Agriculture, Manufacturing, Services, Technology, or Entertainment? (Any two)
These three men were Georgia’s signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Who were Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton?
Georgia’s state capitals shifted westward over time for this primary reason.
What was to keep up with population growth and westward expansion
Settlers founded Savannah along the Savannah River primarily for these two reasons.
Water and Trading
This group of early Georgia settlers complained about Trustee rules prohibiting alcohol, banning slavery, and limiting land ownership.
Who were the Malcontents?
Filming a movie in a local Georgia town helps the local economy by creating jobs and supporting local businesses in this way.
What is buying food and local resources?
Outnumbered Patriots defeated Loyalist forces and boosted Patriot morale at this Georgia battle
What was the Battle of Kettle Creek?
The University of Georgia was established as the nation's first state-chartered public university to achieve this goal.
What is making higher education accessible and fostering an educated citizenry?