The American Revolution
This was a tax on paper products. It causes riots in Boston until it was repealed.
What is the Stamp Act
After the American Revolution, Georgia claimed a large amount of land from this group.
Who were Native Americans
This crop was the most important to Georgia in the early 1800's.
What was cotton.
The University of Georgia is located in this city.
What is Athens
This purpose of this group is to determine whether or not there is enough evidence to bring chargers.
What is a grand jury
This group demanded independence from Great Britain.
Who were the patriots.
Heads of households (white men over the age of 21) could receive up 200 acres of land with this land policy.
What was the headright system.
He created an early cotton gin that separated the cotton seeds from the cotton lint.
Who was Eli Whitney
This was the first capital of Georgia. It moved after the American Revolution.
What is Savannah
Schools in Georgia are funded mainly by this revenue source.
What are property taxes
A failed attempt by the French and Americans to recapture Savannah during the Revolution.
What was the Siege of Savannah
Corruption discovered when land companies bribed members of the Georgia General Assembly to sell land that would become Mississippi and Alabama.
What was the Yazoo Land fraud
This institution grew dramatically as a result of the invention of the cotton gin.
What is slavery
He is the mascot for the University of Georgia.
Who is Uga/ (Bulldogs)
30 years old, a resident of Georgia for 6 years and a U.S. citizen for 15 years are the qualifications for this elected position in Georgia.
What is the Governor
The document that declared independence from Great Britain. It was an act of treason.
What was the Declaration of Independence
As a result of corrupt land deals, Georgia's border changed from the Mississippi River to it's present day western border marked by this physical feature.
What is the Chattahoochee River
This city, formerly named Terminus, thrived largely because of the railroads.
What is Atlanta
This is the current capital of Georgia. It moved here after the Civil War.
What is Atlanta
Georgia is located in this region of the United States.
What is the southeast
This trio signed the Declaration of Independence for the state of Georgia.
Who were Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall and George Walton.
Land allocation approach that gave the average Georgian a chance to buy land at pennies on the dollar through drawing plots of land and people's names.
What was the Land Lottery System.
Once cotton made it to Augusta, it could be transported down this river on the east border of Georgia.
What is the Savannah River
What are the capitals of Georgia
When you buy gasoline, you will pay this tax.
What is an excise tax