Regions of GA
What is the largest region in Georgia?
What is the Coastal Plain?
On What ship did the GA settlers come on?
The Ann
What act imposed taxes on paper, tea, and other goods in Georgia?
What is the Stamp Act?
What was the primary weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
No National Court, No Executive Branch
What crop led to the expansion of slavery in Georgia?
What is cotton?
Which region of Georgia is known for having the highest peak in Ga (Brasstown Bald)
What is the Blue Ridge Region?
Small Farmland life
Who were the group of Georgian patriots opposing British rule?
Who were the “Sons of Liberty”?
What is the name of the compromise that created a bicameral legislature?
What is the Great Compromise?
Which document attempted to address the spread of slavery into new states and territories in the 1820s? Dividing Missouri and Maine
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Name the region that includes Georgia's capital city, Atlanta. Where we live.
What is the Piedmont Region?
Who was the first governor of Georgia?
Who is James Oglethorpe?
Who did Britain make pay off war debts?
The colonies
How many amendments were added to the Constitution in the Bill of Rights?
What is 10 amendments?
What was the main difference in viewpoints between the Northern and Southern states regarding slavery?
What is the North opposed slavery while the South supported it for economic reasons?
Which region is known for its swampy conditions, located near the Floridian Aquifer?
What is the Coastal Plain?
Named as the first capital of GA
Savannah
What war did Britain go through before the Revolutionary War?
French and Indian War
Grant that provided land per person in your family
Headright Grant
Name a different reason other than slavery for the Civil War
Sectionalism, States' Rights vs. National Government
Name of the line that divides the coastal plain and piedmont regions.
The Fall Line
What were two of the three main rules that settlers had to follow in Trustee Georgia?
What are no slavery, no alcohol, and no land ownership over 500 acres
What act was in response of the Boston Tea Party
The Intolerable Acts
What year did Louisville become the capital of GA
1786
The “Era of Good Feelings” followed which war?
a. Civil War. b. War of 1812. c. Revolutionary War. d. Mexican-American War
War of 1812