SS8H2
Georgia was founded for these three main reasons.
What is philanthropy, economics, and defense?
Royal proclamation that forbade English colonists from settling newly acquired land west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Name the five Georgia capitals. (S.A.L.M.A)
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Midgeville, and Atlanta.
The act of making legally null and void.
What is Nullification?
A natural border separating the hilly Piedmont region from the flat Coastal Plain
What is the Fall Line?
A group of 21 men who established the colony of Georgia.
What is Trustee(s)
A war between England, France, and their Native American allies for control of North America.
What is the French and Indian War?
An event where land companies bribed members of the Georgia General Assembly to sell land for pennies on the dollar.
What is the Yazoo Land Fraud?
The belief that a state’s sovereignty is more important than that of the national government.
What is states' rights?
A major 400-mile river serving as a crucial water source for the state.
The first capital of Georgia; founded in 1733 by James Oglethorpe.
What is Savannah?
Name the three signers of the Declaration Of Independence.
George Walton, Lyman Hall, and Button Gwinnett
American Indian tribe that lived in southern Georgia; was removed from the state through treaties in the 1820’s.
What is the Creek Indians?
Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States.
What is the Dred Scott's Case?
Name the five regions of Georgia.
Appalachian Plateau, Ridge and Valley, Blue Ridge, Piedmont, and Coastal Plains
The royal period in Georgia beginning in 1752 after the trustees gave authority of the colony to the king.
What is The Royal Period?
Global conflict between the European great powers; the French and Indian War was part of this larger conflict.
What is the Seven Years War?
Created an early cotton gin that separated the cotton seeds from the cotton lint.
Who is Eli Whitney?
Election where Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency; upon Lincoln’s election Southern states seceded from the Union.
What is the Election of 1860?
The largest swamp in North America; was the home to many Native Americans and a location for Spanish missions.
What is the Okefenokee Swamp?
One of three reasons for Georgia’s founding; colony was to serve as a defensive colony.
What is a Buffer Colony?
An American soldier who was killed during the Siege of Savannah; was well known for his heroic actions during the war.
Who is Jasper William?
Provided federal money to colleges identified as “land grant universities” throughout the United States.
What is the Morrill Act of 1862?
A naval strategy by the United States to prevent the Confederacy from trading.
What is the Union Blockade?
Several island off Georgia’s coast; inhabited by Native Americans; the Spanish built several missions on these islands.
What is the Barrier Islands?