Articles of Confederation
Why did the Articles of Confederation not allow the government to tax its citizens?
Taxes were the reason they wanted independence from England in the first place
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
What system of getting land replaced the headright system?
Land lotteries
What name was given to the forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia?
Trail of Tears
What north Georgia town discovered gold in 1828?
Dahlonega
Where was Georgia's capital while a new one was being built in Louisville?
Augusta
Which religious denomination used circuit riders to minister area churches?
Methodist
Whose land was usually given away in land lotteries?
Native Americans
How many branches of government did the Articles of Confederation give the national government?
One
Who wrote the Cherokee syllabary?
Sequoyah
Which Creek leader did not want to give up Creek land?
Alexander McGillivray
Why were railroads important for Georgia's growth?
It shortened travel times dramatically.
True or False.
Cherokees were given some of the gold mined on their land.
What were the two largest religious denominations in Georgia in the 1800s?
Baptist and Methodist
Why did the Loyalists who moved during the war want to come back to Georgia?
They hoped to get their land back.
What did the Creek giveaway in the Treaty of Indian Springs?
All remaining Creek land in Georgia
What were the Articles of Confederation?
Whose vote led to the Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention?
Abraham Baldwin
Yazoo Land Fraud
What discovery led to final Indian removal from Georgia?
Gold in Dahlonega
What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
To fix issues with the Articles of Confederation.
How many branches of government were established by the 1787 U.S. Constitution?
Two (bicameral)
How much money did the Cherokees receive in the Treaty of New Echota to move west?
5 million
Which president signed the Indian Removal Act?
Andrew Jackson
What was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation that led to discussions of revising the Articles?
Difficulties regulating trade
Who challenged the Indian Removal Act in court?
John Ross
After the American Revolution Georgians who fought for the state militia could get land through what?
Bounty grants
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are called what?
The Bill of Rights
Why did Georgia want to quickly ratify the Constitution?
The hoped having a strong Federal government would help them with issues they were having with the Native Americans.
Who won in the case of Worcester v. Georgia?
The Cherokee
What invention led to an increased need for land and slaves?
The cotton gin
How did the Yazoo Land Fraud negatively affect Georgia?
Describe the federal government under the Articles of Confederation
Weak with limited power
Abraham Baldwin and William Few
What modern day state was the location for the end of the Trail of Tears?
Oklahoma
What group did Abraham Baldwin vote at the Constitutional Convention?
The small states
What role did William McIntosh play in removing the Creeks from Georgia.
He signed a treaty giving up the rest of their land. He had no right to do that and was executed according to Creek law.
What was the main reason for the headright system and land lotteries?
To encourage people to move to land that was not yet settled.
What river was Georgia's western border after the Yazoo Land Fraud?
The Chattahoochee
Which leaders participated in the Treaty of Indian Springs?
Governor Troup and Chief McIntosh