Mississippian Culture
After the Mississippian culture declined, their descendants developed into these two major tribes in Georgia.
Creek and the Cherokee
Georgia held three of these between the years of 1881 and 1895 to encourage businesses to come to the state. George Grady published it in his newspaper.
What is an exposition?
Spain explored and settled parts of North America for these three main reasons.
God, Gold, and Glory
Georgia was established under this document.
Charter of 1732
This group of settlers was known for their military strength and bravery in defending the colony.
Highland Scots
Mississippian homes were made from this type of natural resource
wattle and daub (mud and sticks)
These laws were passed to enforce segregation after slavery went away, and African Americans gained citizenship. These laws sound like a person's name.
What are "Jim Crow" laws?
The British wanted colonies in North America mainly to support this economic system.
Mercantilism
James Oglethorpe and the trustees wanted to help these people by creating a new colony.
"Worthy Poor" (skilled debtors)
This group of settlers came for religious freedom and founded the town of Ebenezer.
Salzburgers
Mississippians grew these 3 crops nicknamed the “Three Sisters”.
Corn (Maize), beans, and squash
This group of men helped Georgia through tough economic times after Reconstruction, but they did not help out the poor working conditions in factories.
What is the Bourbon Triumvirate?
The Spanish wanted to spread this religion to the American Indians.
Christianity (Catholicism)
Oglethorpe established Georgia’s first city at this location.
Savannah
These settlers complained about rules on land, slavery, and alcohol.
Malcontents
These large, flat-topped earthen structures were used for religious and social ceremonies.
Mounds
The Spanish wanted to spread this religion to the American Indians.
Christianity (Catholicism)
The French focused their North American settlements on trading this valuable resource.
Fur
Oglethorpe founded Savannah with the help of this Yamacraw chief and his interpreter.
Tomochichi and Mary Musgrove
When Georgia became a royal colony, this system of labor was legalized and expanded.
Slavery
Mississippian villages were often surrounded by these tall wooden fences for protection.
Palisades
This term coined by Henry Grady had a large part to do with the increase in new industries and manufacturing in Georgia and surrounding states.
What is "New South?"
This economic system meant that colonies existed to make the mother country rich by exporting more goods than they imported.
Mercantilism
Georgia was founded for three main reasons: Philanthropy, economics, and this.
Defense
Name two of the main cash crops grown in colonial Georgia.
Wine, Rice, Indigo, Silk, Tobacco (W.R.I.S.T)