Exploration & Colonial Georgia
This European country wanted wealth and spread of Catholicism while exploring the Southeast.
Spain
This war put Britain in debt and led to higher taxes on the colonies.
What is the French and Indian War?
This part of the Declaration explains why the document was written.
What is the Preamble?
This university was founded in 1785 as the first state-chartered university in the U.S.
What is the University of Georgia?
This invention made cotton easier and faster to clean.
What is the cotton gin?
This Cherokee leader fought removal through the court system.
Who is John Ross?
Georgia names the geographic regions.
What is the Appalachian Plateau, Ridge and Valley, Blue Ridge, Piedmont, and the Coastal Plain
Name Georgia’s government branches.
Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
Georgia’s law-making body is called this.
What is the General Assembly?
This branch interprets laws and decides constitutionality.
What is the judicial branch?
To serve in the Georgia House of Representatives, a person must be at least this age.
What is 21 years old?
The French and Indian War caused Britain to do this to the colonies.
What is raise taxes?
Skipping school or breaking curfew is considered this type of behavior.
What is unruly behavior?
This document officially created the colony of Georgia.
The Charter if 1732
This British law taxed paper goods and angered Georgia colonists.
What is the Stamp Act?
This section lists complaints against King George III.
What are the Grievances?
This land system gave land based on the number of people a settler brought with them.
What is the headright system?
The cotton gin increased Georgia’s reliance on this labor system.
What is slavery?
This Cherokee created a written language to help his people assimilate.
Who is Sequoyah?
This region is known for agriculture and flat land.
What is the Coastal Plain?
The legislative branch. _________ laws.
What is MAKES laws?
This system allows bills to be studied before becoming laws.
What is the committee system?
Breaking the law as a minor is called this type of behavior.
What is delinquent behavior?
To serve in the Georgia Senate, a person must be at least this age.
What is 25 years old?
The Proclamation of 1763 was issued because Britain wanted to do this after the French and Indian War.
What is prevent conflict with Native Americans?
School districts and MARTA are examples of this type of government.
What is a special-purpose government?
One reason Georgia was founded as a buffer colony was to protect South Carolina from this rival nation.
Spain
This banned colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This part officially declares independence from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration?
This system distributed land by random drawing to encourage westward movement.
What are land lotteries?
This transportation innovation helped move goods quickly across Georgia.
What are railroads?
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
This physical feature separates the Piedmont from the Coastal Plain.
What is the Fall Line?
This principle prevents one branch from becoming too powerful.
What is checks and balances?
This executive leader enforces Georgia’s laws.
Who is the governor?
Skipping school is an example of this type of behavior.
What is unruly behavior?
A member of the Georgia General Assembly must be a legal resident of Georgia for at least this many years.
What is two years?
The invention of the cotton gin caused Georgia’s economy to grow and increased the demand for this.
What is enslaved labor?
This type of local government provides services like water, fire protection, and zoning.
What is city government?
This man helped found Georgia with a goal of helping debtors start a new life.
Who is James Oglethorpe
Georgia colonists were upset because they were taxed without this.
What is representation?
Name one of Georgia’s three signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, or George Walton?
This land scandal involved corrupt lawmakers selling land to speculators.
What is the Yazoo Land Fraud?
Railroads helped Georgia grow by connecting farms to these places.
What are markets, cities, or ports?
Despite the Court ruling, this president refused to enforce the decision.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This swamp is one of the largest freshwater wetlands in North America.
What is the Okefenokee Swamp?
This principle means each branch has its own powers and duties.
What is separation of powers?
State agencies carry out laws by doing this.
What is administering programs or enforcing laws?
This type of local government handles schools, police, and elections.
What is county government?
To be elected governor of Georgia, a person must be at least this age.
What is 30 years old?
The Dahlonega Gold Rush led directly to this event for the Cherokee people.
What is forced removal / the Trail of Tears?
Committing a serious crime as a minor is considered this type of behavior.
What is delinquent behavior?
Georgia was founded for these three main reasons.
What are philanthropy, economics, and defense?
Name one reason Georgia was slower to support independence than other colonies.
What is loyalty to Britain / economic dependence / fear of Native attacks?
One major weakness of the Articles of Confederation was the national government’s lack of this power.
What is the power to tax or raise an army?
Moving Georgia’s capitals westward showed this major trend in Georgia’s history.
New inventions like the cotton gin and the expansion of railroads made farming more profitable, which encouraged settlers to...
What is move/ expand west?
The forced removal of the Cherokee people is known as this tragic event.
What is the Trail of Tears?
Georgia’s rivers helped with transportation, farming, and this economic activity.
What is trade or commerce?
The Judicial branch. _________ laws.
What is Interprets laws?
The lieutenant governor’s main legislative role is to do this.
What is preside over the Senate?
Georgia’s economy benefits from highways, railroads, ports, and this major airport.
What is Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport?
In addition to age and residency, a governor of Georgia must meet this citizenship requirement.
What is being a U.S. citizen for at least 15 years?
Because railroads made transportation faster and cheaper, Georgia experienced this major historical change.
What is westward expansion and economic growth?
This type of local government is responsible for schools, police, and courts.
What is county government?