Causes of the Revolution
After this war, Britain increased taxes and restricted settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the French and Indian War?
These three Georgians signed the Declaration of Independence.
Who are Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton?
This document created a weak national government after the Revolution.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This land scandal involved lawmakers taking bribes to sell western land.
What is the Yazoo Land Fraud?
This region contains the Okefenokee Swamp.
What is the Coastal Plain?
This British law taxed newspapers, legal documents, and other printed materials.
What is the Stamp Act?
The Patriots won this important Georgia battle during the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Kettle Creek?
Americans feared this when creating the Articles of Confederation.
What is a strong central government?
These two land distribution systems encouraged settlement in Georgia.
What are the Headright System and Land Lotteries?
These two rivers begin in the Blue Ridge region.
What are the Chattahoochee and Savannah Rivers?
Colonists used this phrase to protest being taxed without representatives in Parliament.
What is "No Taxation Without Representation"?
This group supported American independence because Britain violated colonists' natural rights.
Who are the Patriots?
This document replaced the Articles of Confederation.
What is the United States Constitution?
This invention greatly increased cotton production.
What is the cotton gin?
This Supreme Court case ruled that American Indian tribes were sovereign nations.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
This document declared the colonies independent from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This group remained loyal to Great Britain during the Revolution.
Who are the Loyalists?
This was the first state-chartered university in the United States.
What is the University of Georgia?
The cotton gin increased the demand for this.
What is enslaved labor (slavery)?
Gold was discovered near this Georgia city in 1828.
What is Dahlonega?
According to the Declaration of Independence, people may do this if a government takes away their natural rights.
What is overthrow the government?
How did the victory at Kettle Creek help the Patriot cause?
It improved Patriot morale and slowed British efforts in Georgia.
Georgia moved its capital from Augusta to this city because the population was moving westward.
What is Louisville?
How did railroads help Georgia's economy?
They transported agricultural products more efficiently.
The Cherokee created these three things to show they could govern themselves.
What are a written language, a constitution, and a newspaper?