Geography and Climate
The type of weather a region experiences over a long period of time.
Climate
Under the Trustees, who was not allowed to settle in Georgia?
Catholics
After the French and Indian War, Georgia's western border was moved to where?
Mississippi River
Georgia's Capitals (S.A.L.M.A)
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, and Atlanta
By 1861, most southern states had seceded from the Union and what was formed?
The Confederate States of America (CSA) was formed.
Hemispheres are the sections of the Earth divided by the Equator and Prime Meridian (Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western).
True
The first permanent settlement in America was located where?
St. Augustine
How did the Proclamation of 1763 impact Georgia colonists?
The Proclamation had little impact on Georgia. Colonists moved south instead of moving west.
Original name for Atlanta
Terminus
A general ordered to take the city of Atlanta, then a key military supply center and railroad hub for the Confederates.
William T. Sherman
A chain of mountains that includes three regions: the Blue Ridge, Appalachian Plateau, and Ridge and Valley. This mountain chain stretches all the way to Maine.
Blue Ridge Mountains
How did Hernando de Soto's travels throughout Georgia and other southern states NEGATIVELY IMPACT the Native Americans living there?
The Spanish soldiers brought death and disease.
What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
To revise the Articles of Confederation
Machine, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793, that separated seeds from cotton, allowing cotton to be processed much faster and leading to an increase in slave labor to meet the high demand of cotton.
Cotton Gin
What is the name of The “bloodiest” day in American history?
The Battle of Antietam
Which two hemispheres are Georgia in?
Northern and Western
Which Royal Governor was the longest serving governor, was well liked by the Colonists, made treaties with the Creek Indians and was governor when America fought for her independence in the Revolutionary War?
James Wright
A failed attack by the American colonists and French allies to regain control of the coastal capital of Georgia which had been taken over by the British military.
Siege of Savannah
Supreme court case that ruled that the Cherokee Nation was its own independent nation and state law in Georgia did not apply to the Cherokee.
Worcester v. Georgia
The most notorious prisoner of war camp from the Civil War era. Built to hold only 10,000 Union prisoners of war in 1864, the camp's population tripled to over 30,000 at the peak of its occupancy.
Andersonville
What is the largest freshwater swamp in North America? It contains over 400 species of plants and animals.
Okefenokee Swamp
What was the importance of the Battle of Bloody Marsh?
It resulted in the success of Georgia being a "buffer colony" and ending Spain's attempt to invade British colonies.
A compromise that determined how the slave population would count towards a states' overall population for representation in government.
The 3/5ths Compromise
The forced migration of Georgia's Cherokees and other native groups to Indian reservations west of the Mississippi River in present-day Oklahoma.
Trail Of Tears
Private citizens who took the risk of evading the Union blockade for the chance at huge profits.
Blockade Runners