Exploration and Georgia Colonization
Spanish explorer in 1540; first person to explore Georgia.
Hernando De Soto
Region of the United States Georgia is located in.
Southeast
This was in incorrect belief that slave states wanted to perpetuate. It is the idea that a state can void a federal law they don't like.
Nullification
This was a minor victory for Georgia in the American Revolution. It took place in the back country of Georgia and Patriots got a much needed morale boost and supplies.
Battle of Kettle Creek
Period of time with little or no precipitation (rain); huge economic issue states for agriculture (farming)
Drought
The Native American civilization that Hernando De Soto found when exploring. They built large mounds for spiritual and societal reasons, planted crops, and lived in large communities. Their civilization was broken up largely due to diseases brought by the Spanish.
Mississippian Indians
Nation that Georgia is in.
United States
Southern states were afraid this institution would be outlawed and was the primary cause of the Civil War.
Slavery
Colonists who favored the colonies gaining independence from the British
Partiots
New Deal program that created new jobs in order to build parks, sewer systems, bridges, etc.
CCC
These were started by Spain to convert Indians to Catholicism along the coast of Georgia.
Spanish Missions in the Barrier Islands
Continent that the state of Georgia is located in
North American
California became a free state and gave free states much more representation in Congress because of this.
Compromise of 1850
Colonists who favored remaining under British control
Loyalist
Insect that destroyed large amounts of cotton grown on southern farms in the 1920's
Boll Weevil
Three primary reasons Spain explored the New World
God, Gold, Glory
Hemispheres that Georgia is located in
Northern & Western
Campaign by William Sherman to bring a swift end the Civil War by cutting a 60 mile path of destruction from Atlanta to Savannah.
Sherman's March to the Sea
Document that started the colonies were free of British control
Declaration of Independence
Sneak attack against a U.S. naval base in Hawaii by the empire of Japan on December 7, 1941
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The 3 reasons England colonized Georgia
Philanthropy to help the hard working poor
Mercantilism, to provide goods for England to sell
Military Defense of South Carolina
Region with the largest population (contains metro Atlanta)
Piedmont
Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery
13th Amendment
This battle was an attempt to regain a major port city in Georgia that was lost to the British in the beginning of the American Revolution. Even with the help of the French, Patriots were unsuccessful at retaking Georgia's first settlement.
Siege of Savannah
Policy used by United State at the beginning of WWII to allow Great Britian (and others allies) to borrow or rent weapons
Lend-Lease