Regions of Georgia
The region of Georgia where Atlanta is located
What is the Piedmont region?
The area in Georgia where most of its waterfalls are located
What is the fall line?
In the first half of the 1700's, Georgia was different from the other colonies in that it was governed by a group of 21 ______.
What are trustees?
First Royal Governor of Georgia
Who is John Reynolds?
Savannah was the first _____________ city
What is planned?
The continent that Georgia is located on
What is North America?
The river that forms the border between Georgia and South Carolina
What is the Savannah River?
The Englishman who established the colony of Georgia.
Who is James Oglethorpe?
Translator who was English and Creek Indian and helped Oglethorpe
Mary Musgrove
This group of people was brought over to help colonize Georgia because of their fighting skills.
Who were the Highland Scots?
There are 5 states bordering Georgia. This one is furthest west of Georgia.
What is Alabama?
The river forming the border between Georgia and Alabama.
What is the Chattahoochee River?
Georgia was established as colony for the poor, for its raw materials, and
What is a buffer zone between South Carolina and Spanish Florida?
Chief of the Yamacraw Creek Indian tribe
Tomochichi
The document that established Georgia as a colony.
What is the Charter of 1732?
The highest point in Georgia
What is Brasstown Bald?
Georgia is located in what nation/country?
The United States of America
Georgia colonists were urged to plant mulberry trees for this reason
What is for the silk industry?
Spanish explorer who explored Georgia looking for gold
Who is De Soto?
The greatest threat to the Georgia colony was from
What is the Spanish in Florida?
The geographic feature in Georgia protecting the marshes and wetlands.
What are the Barrier Islands?
What is the Okefenokee Swamp?
The Georgia city founded along a river on the Yamacraw Bluff.
What is Savannah?
Gave Oglethorpe permission to establish Georgia
King George II
Many colonists came to Georgia to escape religious persecution from this religious group...
What are Catholics?