GA Colony
What two people helped Oglethorpe settle in Georgia?
Tomochichi and Mary Musgrove
Who was the French and Indian War between?
The Spanish, French, and Indians VS Great Britain
What was the first state sponsored public university in the United States?
University of Georgia in Athens.
Dred Scot Case
What are the two major environmental factors that lead to the Great Depression in Georgia?
What was the Charter of 1732?
A document that outlined the rules and government of the colony of Georgia
What official document forbids colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Proclamation of 1763
What are the 5 capitals of Georgia in order?
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta.
Name the two main reasons that created tension leading up to the Civil War.
What two events led to the United States involvement in the first World War?
The sinking of the British ship, Lusitania, in which 100 Americans were killed. The interception of the Zimmerman Telegram.
Where did the Highland Scots settle in GA?
Darien
What were the Articles of Confederation?
America's first written constitution; had many limitations and then changed to US. Constitution.
Who could receive land under the headright system?
Soldiers who fought during the Revolution, men over the age of 21, Men who had families or enslaved people.
What was the most important strategies of the Civil War, used by the North/Union in which ships were used to block trade from coming in and out of the South.
Union Blockade/Anaconda Plan
What programs were introduced by a US president that helped combat the Great Depression? What was his name?
The New Deal programs developed by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
What group helped change Georgia from a Trustee colony to a Royal colony?
Malcontents
What is the Declaration of Independence and what are it's three parts?
The document that officially separates the colonies from England. Preamble, List of Grievances, and Declaration.
What machine caused the mass production of cotton and how did it impact Georgia?
Name the Civil War prisoner-of-war camp in Macon County, Georgia that held over 13,000 Union soldiers.
Andersonville
Name the act that allowed the US government to send billions of dollars in supplies and military equipment to allied countries for US rights to military bases.
The Lend-Lease Act of 1941
Describe the main differences between the Trustee colony and the Royal colony?
Battle of Kettle Creek: won by the Patriots and raised the confidence/morale of the Americans and replenished supplies. Siege of Savannah: won by the Loyalists who beat the Patriots who tried to take back the capital city of Georgia.
The Cherokee people won the case, hopefully protecting the tribe from removal from their land, but President Andrew Jackson forcefully removed them from their land.
Name the two military campaigns that General Sherman led in Georgia.
What were the main contributions to WWII by the state of Georgia?
Military bases that trained soldiers and stored supplies. The Bell Bomber plant in Marietta, GA that produced the B-29 bomber. The shipyards of Brunswick and Savannah that built Liberty Ships that carried supplies across the Atlantic.