Geography
In what hemispheres would you find the state of Georgia?
North & West
John Reynolds was the first one of these....
Royal Governor
What was the first public chartered university in the United States and in the State of Georgia?
University of Georgia (UGA)
Act that gave the President authority to begin the process of to remove Native Americans (Indians) off of their lands.
Indian Removal Act.
What were the 3 methods for land distribution in Georgia?
Headright System
Land Lottery
Yazoo Land Act (Fraud)
In what region of the United States and on what continent will you find Georgia?
Region: Southeast
Continent: North America
Royal Governor credited with being Georgia's "second founder." He was the 2nd Royal Governor, popular among the people and gave up the office because he was ailing (very sick.)
Henry Ellis
What were the five capitals in Georgia? Name them in chronological order.
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville & Atlanta.
Who were the two main groups of Native Americans in Georgia during the early 1800’s who eventually was forced off of their lands?
Creeks & Cherokee.
Land system which granted 200 acres to settlers, and an additional 50 acres per family member and/or slave, not to exceed 1000 acres.
Headright System
What five state border the State of Georgia?
Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina & Tennessee
His Royal Governorship ended with Georgia declaring its independence along with the 12 other colonies in 1776.
James Wright
What was the invention that extracted the seeds from cotton? Who invented it?
Cotton Gin.
Eli Whitney was given credit for the invention.
What event led to the removal of the Cherokee from Georgia?
Dahlonega Gold Rush
"Gold Rush" is accepted
A system under which ordinary and less wealthy Georgians could purchase cheap land but was restricted to white men, white orphans and white widows. People were chosen by tickets they randomly drew.
Land Lottery
The Okefenokee Swamp is located in what region of Georgia and borders what state South of Georgia?
Coastal Plain & Florida
In what year did Georgia change from a Trustee Colony to a Royal Colony?
1752
Transportation system that contributed to the founding of many new towns in Georgia and was used to transport cotton to Savannah.
Railroad
Who was the Cherokee leader that took the state of Georgia to court over Georgia’s attempt to take Cherokee land?
John Ross
Many Georgia Legislators were bribed into passing a law, that sold 35millon acres of land to 4 companies for only $500,000. Due to the protests, the land was later reclaimed by the U.S. Government.
Yazoo Land Fraud.
Georgia is_______ of the Equator and __________ of the Prime Meridian
North; West
Once the band on slavery was lifted, the production of this crop increased dramatically during Colonial Georgia...
Hint: Not Cotton
Rice
The end of major railroad lines in the Piedmont region of Georgia was called__________. The city today is named______.
Terminus
Atlanta
" John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!"
Who made this statement and what case was he referring to?
President Andrew Jackson
Worchester v. Georgia
Who signed the Treaty of Indian Springs in 1825 giving up all of the Creek land to the US Government.
William McIntosh