Native/Exploration
How do scientists know that Mississippians believed in life after death
Burial mounds
What was the outcome of Oglethorpe, Tomochichi and Musgrove working together?
The establishment of Savannah
What is the connection between the French and Indian War and the Stamp Act?
The Stamp Act was created to pay off the debt accrued from the French and Indian war
What was Abraham Baldwin's reason in creating the University of Georgia?
He believed that the people have a right to education and the government was responsible for it
What was the Georgia Platform?
It was a compromise which stated if the North followed the Fugitive Slave Law, then Georgia would not secede from the Union
What affect did the Natives had with the encounter of the Spanish?
Diseases and violence
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The colony were in need of a doctor because of the outbreak of yellow fever
What do the following represent in the Declaration of Independence?
-Preamble states the rights the people have and creating a government based on the people
-Grievances are the complaints they had towards the king
-Declaration is the reason why the colonies want to break away from Great Britain
Why were the capitols of Georgia moving westward?
Because it was following the population since the capitol is supposed to be easy access to the public
Why was Chickamauga important to Georgia
It represented a Confederate victory
Explain the economic system of mercantilism?
This system used resources from the colony, ship to the motherland so they can make a product, then ship back to colony to sell. All profits made were to be sent to the motherland
What group helped in defending the Georgia colony from the Spanish?
Highland Scots
Who were Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall and George Walton?
They were the Georgia representatives in the signing of the Declaration of Independence
What was a result that Georgia experienced from the Yazoo Land Fraud?
The borders of Georgia went from Mississippi River to the Chattahoochee River
What do the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments state
13 - abolished slavery
14 - gave former slaves US citizenship and equal rights
15 - right to vote
What was the purpose on building the Spanish missions on the Barrier Islands?
Converting the natives to Christianity/Catholicism
What were the major changes Georgia had in transitioning from Trustee to Royal Colony?
-self government
-permitting slavery
-permitting the selling of rum
-owning unlimited amount of land
Why was the Battle of Kettle Creek so important for Georgia?
What did the Patriots gain/lose from the battle?
Because it represented a victory for the Patriots
-they gained more weapons, horses, and boosted morale
What was a negative factor that was faced because of the invention of the cotton gin and railroads?
The increase of slavery
Why were the black legislators removed from political office
Because according to the Georgia Constitution, blacks/African Americans were able to vote but not hold political office
What did the Spanish and British have in common in discovering new lands?
Building economic wealth for their motherland country
Why were the WRIST crops so important for the settlement of Georgia?
What are the WRIST crops?
-Because the WRIST crops were going to build their economy for the colony
-wine, rice, indigo, silk, tobacco
Why did the founders create the first constitution, Articles of Confederation, so weak?
Because of its weaknesses, what result did they do?
-to not have a strong government as they did under the king
-they created the US Constitution
What was the difference in the removal of the Creeks and Cherokee
Creeks -Chief McIntosh signed away the remaining lands of the Creeks
Cherokee - the US government signed the Indian Removal Act into law which kicked out the Cherokees
What is the difference between sharecropping and tenant farming?
Sharecropping - shared land and resources with the owner, and had to pay for the usage of materials, most of the profit went to the owner
Tenant farming - they rented out the piece of land and they had their own resources, profit was split almost 50-50