History
To provide military protection for other colonies.
What is one purpose for the founding of Georgia?
This region of Georgia contains the highest elevation in the state. This area also receives the most rainfall of any of the regions.
What is Blue Ridge Mountains?
A large but shallow wetland in southeast Georgia and northeast Florida. It is the largest freshwater swamp in North America. Much of the area is today protected as part of a national refuge.
What is the Okefenokee Swamp?
Cotton could be processed much faster, leading to an increase in demand for slave labor
What is the cotton gin's influence on the economy of Georgia?
Circular houses made from interwoven sticks covered with mud
What describes the shelters of many American Indians living in Georgia at the time of European contact?
Appalachian Plateau, Valley and Ridge, Blue Ridge, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain.
What are the five regions of Georgia?
The British general and philanthropist who helped to found the colony of Georgia and one of the original trustees, and the only trustee to come to Georgia.
Who is James Oglethorpe?
The possibility of financial loss is a...
What is a RISK?
To end the British military occupation of the city
What is one reason for the Siege of Savannah during the American Revolution?
The islands protect the mainland from storms and erosion.
What are Barrier Islands?
The failure or refusal of a state to follow or enforce a federal law. A constitutional crisis was created when the state of South Carolina passed an ordinance declaring that two federal tariffs would not be observed.
What is nullification?
Mike earns an hourly wage working at a fast-food restaurant.
What is an example of income?
The March to the Sea destroyed Georgia’s agriculture and roads, devastating the state’s economy.
What is how did Sherman’s March to the Sea affect the state of Georgia?
What are sources of Hydroelectricity?
A plaintiff brings a lawsuit against a defendant and private party tries to settle a disagreement with another private party
What is civil law?
Money collected through a sales tax charged to customers when they purchase a product, a federal grant given to the state for a specific purpose, personal income taxes collected from an individual from the money he or she makes in a year, and property taxes collected from individuals who own property.
What is state revenue?
The spark for the riot was a series of local newspaper reports (later proved to be untrue) of alleged assaults by African American/Black men on white women.
What is the 1906 Atlanta Riot?
The Chattahoochee River runs from north Georgia southward to the state's border with Florida. Despite being over 400 miles long, it is not a major artery for trade. Why is this the case?
What are the parts of Chattahoochee that contain waterfalls that are impossible for boats to get around?
The right to a fair trial.
What is a right that all juveniles have when taken into custody?
In Georgia, railroads carry an average of more than nine million tons of freight per route mile annually, compared to less than 600,000 tons of freight per route mile annually carried by commercial vehicles on highways. How might the typical railroad cargo in Georgia differ from the normal highway vehicle cargo in Georgia?
What are railroad cargo that include bulk items whereas commercial highway freight that is smaller in volume and weight?