Articles of Confederation
What document established the first United States Government?
Articles of Confederation
Father of the Constitution
James Madison
Ga gave up all land involved in the Yazoo Land Fraud
Became the state’s current boundaries
US government gave Ga 1.25 million for the land
Ga promised to remove all Natives from its land
Compact of 1802
Who was the President during the War of 1812?
James Madison
Gold was found on Cherokee land in what modern day Georgia City? 1st Gold rush in the US.
Dahlonega
Who had more power under the Articles of Confederation?
State Governments
The purpose of the Constitution was to
Revise the weak Articles of Confederation
Land Distribution System
Had to be in drawing to receive land; square lots
White males over 18, orphans, and widows eligible for land
202.5 acres of land received or 490 acres in the coastal plain region
Land Lottery Distribution System
What is the belief that Americans should explore and own every part of the country?
Manifest Destiny
What was the largest tribe of Indians in Georgia?
Creek Indians
Why did the Articles of Confederation Establish a weak central government?
Feared too much power in the hands of the Central Government/Federal Government
Decision called for a 2 house legislature - Lower House Based on a states Population - Upper House 2 Senators each state
Great Compromise
4 land companies bribed State lawmakers to pass a bill selling them 40 million acres of land in 1795
Yazoo Land Fraud
What treaty ended the War of 1812
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty gave up all Cherokee Land
Treaty of New Echota
How many states had to approve a law before it passed?
All 13 States
A government in which citizens rule themselves through elected representatives
Republic
Land Distribution System
Each ”head of household had a “right” to land (white man) was given oddly shaped plots
Would be given 200 acres; 50 acres per each member of family up to a 1,000 acres
Headright Land Distribution System
List three important people, events, or facts about the War of 1812.
Andrew Jackson, James Madison, Impressment of Sailors, Battle of New Orleans, National Anthem, Francis Scott Keys, Burning of Washington, etc....
Treaty Gave Up all Creek Land
Treaty of Indian Springs
What were four weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Could not pass laws on trade, could not collect taxes, No way to enforce laws, No uniform currency, No Executive Branch, etc.....
The Two main Documents and Two People who Influenced the Writing of the Constitution.
English Bill of Rights, Magna Carta, John Locke, Charles-Louis Montesquieu
List the 5 capital Cities of Georgia throughout its history
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, and Atlanta
Why was the war of 1812 fought and what was the objective of the British?
Impressment of American Sailors, British upset at US for trading with France, British Goal was to take control of New Orleans and the Mississippi River - Control Westward Expansion of the US.
Cherokee Newspaper
Cherokee Phoenix