Colonial Period
In 1732, King George III issued to James Oglethorpe the________ , which established Georgia as an English colony.
Georgia Charter
What war was fought between England, France, and local Native Americans over the Ohio River Valley region?
The French and Indian War
The first chartered public university in the United States, founded on January 27, 1785.
University of Georgia
What two sides fought in the Civil War? Give both names that they were known as.
North (Union)
South (Confederacy)
Royal Governors
John Reynolds
Henry Ellis
James Wright
James Oglethorpe and 20 other_______ helped to run the colony of Georgia during the _________ Period.
trustees
Trustee
The ________, one of the Intolerable Acts, required the colonists to pay a tax for a stamp on ALL paper goods.
Stamp Act
Name the FIVE capitals of Georgia in order:
S = Savannah
A = Augusta
L = Louisville
M = Milledgeville
A = Atlanta
What were the THREE causes of the Civil War?
Slavery
States’ Rights
Nullification
What was the French and Indian War also known as?
The Seven Years War
The THREE reasons for Georgia colonization
Philanthropy (Charity)
Economics
Defense
Who were the THREE signers of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia?
Button Gwinnett
Lyman Hall
George Walton
What were the land distribution systems and how did each function?
Headright System: head of family gets 200 acres, plus 50 for each family member (up to 1,000)
Land Lottery: free white men (and some women) were given a random plot of land, which was FAIR
Yazoo Land Fraud: land speculators bribed legislators to sell them land, then they sold it to the people at a markup
South Carolina was the first state to leave the Union, what is this act called?
Secession
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
July 4, 1776
__________ worked as Oglethorpe’s translator, helping him to speak and make friends with the Yamacraw Chief, __________.
Mary Musgrove
Tomichichi
List and explain the three parts of the Declaration of Independence:
Preamble- introduction
List of Grievances- specific injustices
Declaration- USA founding document that states "All men are created equal"
Because of the _____________, the Cherokee were kicked out of Georgia, leading to ____________.
Indian Removal Act
The Trail of Tears
The _________was a law that made it illegal to help runaway slaves and allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and returned to their owner.
The Fugitive Slave Act
Despite the rule in Worcester v. Georgia, he ordered for the Cherokee to be kicked out anyway.
President Andrew Jackson
Savannah, the first planned city, was first called __________.
Yamacraw Bluff
The first constitution was the ____________, but it was extremely weak and didn’t give the government enough power.
Articles of Confederation
He was the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court that ruled in favor of the Cherokee in the Worcester v. Georgia case.
John Marshall