Exploration and Colonization
Spanish explorer and conquistador
Who is Hernando de Soto
A condition in which people are considered legal property of
someone and are forced to obey their owners.
What is Slavery
He ordered the Cherokee and Creek off Georgian
land granted to them by a treaty with the U.S. government. This
action led to the removal of the American Indians on what would
become known as the Trail of Tears
Who is Andrew Jackson
A slave who, on the basis of having lived in free states,
sued for his freedom in federal court.
Who is Dred Scott
A civil rights activist and author known for his
opposition to the Atlanta Compromise, which called for African
Americans/Blacks to accommodate whites in return for basic
educational and economic opportunity.
Who is W. E. B. Du Bois
Founded the colony of Georgia. one of the original
trustees, and the only trustee to come to Georgia
Who is James Oglethorpe
A group of German-speaking Protestant refugees who
established Ebenezer
Who is Salzburgers
The chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court at the time
of Worcester v. Georgia
Who is John Marshall
Union General during the American Civil War, Known "March to the Sea" campign and devastating tactics in the South.
He is credited with introducing the term “the
New South.”
Who is Henry Grady
American Indian woman who was James
Oglethorpe’s Creek interpreter and negotiator
Who is Mary Musgrove
Known for being good soldiers, they provided protection
for the colony.
Who is Highland Scots
A controversial Creek chief who supported the
United States in its efforts to take Creek land
Who is William Mcintosh
Signer of the U.S. Constitution and Founding Father of UGA
Who is Abraham Baldwin
Own many businesses,
including barber shops in Atlanta and the Atlanta Life Insurance
Company.
Who is Alonzo Herndon
Creek leader who acted as a mediator between British
settlers in Georgia and the American Indians of the region
Who is Tomochichi
First banned from the colony. After many colonist died from yellow fever, they were allowed to come because were the Doctors. They were later allowed to stay because they were the winemakers and doctors.
Who is Jews
A chief who presided over the Cherokee during their migration
from Georgia to Oklahoma on what is commonly known as the Trail of
Tears
Who is John Ross
Signer of the U.S. Constitution and early U.S. Senator from GA.
Who is William Few
An author and civil rights activist who
supported the Atlanta Compromise, which called for African
Americans/Blacks to accommodate whites in return for basic
educational and economic opportunity.
Who is Booker T. Washington
Signed by King George II, it established the royal
colony of Georgia and appointed a Board of Trustees to govern it
What is Charter of 1732
A group of mostly Scottish colonists who loudly
opposed the policies of James Oglethorpe and Georgia’s Board of
Trustees
Who are Malcontents
Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall,
and George Walton
Who is Signers of the Declaration of Independence
16th U.S. President that signed the Emancipation Proclamation
Who is Abraham Lincoln
A writer from Georgia and a leader of the Populist Party
of the United States, which sought greater protections for agricultural
workers
Who is Tom Watson