Geography
A large mountain chain in the spreads through three regions.
What is Appalachian Mountains?
A low-lying and mostly flat region of Georgia that covers most of the state.
What is the Coastal Plain?
The document that established the GA colony and outlined the rules for the colonists.
What is the Charter of 1732?
The first constitution of the United States of America. Because it allowed for a weak central government, it was later replaced with the U.S. Constitution.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
An amendment to the United States Constitution that abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
A region in northwest Georgia known for the only source of coal.
What is a Appalachian Plateau
A geological boundary that divides the Coastal Plain from the Piedmont. Because the line is marked by rivers, it has been a center for commerce and trade throughout Georgia’s history.
What is the Fall Line?
The Spanish conquistador who explored North American in search of gold.
Who is Hernando de Soto?
2 men from GA who signed the Constitution.
Who are Abraham Baldwin & William Few?
An amendment to the United States Constitution that guaranteed citizenship to everyone.
What is the 14th Amendment?
A physical feature that protects the mainland from wind and water erosion, and hurricanes.
What is the Barrier Islands?
Georgia is located in this region of the nation.
What is Southeast?
This country explored North American in search of expanding their fur trade.
What is France?
3 men from GA who signed the Declaration of Independence.
Who are George Walton, Lyman Hall, & Button Gwinnett?
An amendment to the United States Constitution that guaranteed black men the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
Forms a border between GA and SC. Provides hydroelectric power to Savannah and Augusta.
What is the Savannah River?
The last Prehistoric Native American culture in Georgia. Known as the mound builders.
What are the Mississippians?
Who are the Highland Scots?
A group of Native Americans who lived in the southeastern United States, including Georgia, before being moved to reservations in Oklahoma
Who are the Cherokee?
A document that was issued that stated all slaves would be freed if the southern states did not return to the Union. However, it did not free any slaves.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Forms a border between Georgia and Alabama. Provides water to people living in the Piedmont Area of GA.
What is the Chattahoochee River?
Shelters made of interwoven sticks and covered in mud.
What is wattle & daub?
When GA was this type of colony, it was ruled by a group of men, colonists were not permitted to sell land, slavery was outlawed, and Catholics & Jews were banned.
What is Trustee Colony?
A group of Native Americans who were removed from GA through treaties
Who are the Creek?
An agreement that allowed California to enter the Union as a free state and the ratification of the Fugitive Slave Act.
What is Compromise of 1850?