European Exploration and Settlement
Sedimentary rock used by the American Indians to make knives.
What is Chert?
The time period when Georgia was governed by the trustees. The trustees created many regulations during the time period, including a ban on slavery, liquor and liquor dealers, lawyers, and Catholics.
What was the Trustee Period?
Colonists who were loyal to Great Britain; also known as Tories.
Who were the Loyalists?
A geographic boundary that separates the Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions; named for decrease in elevation.
What is the Fall Line?
A brief statement that identifies the fundamental purposes and principles for which the Georgia Constitution stands.
What is the preamble?
Walls built of a network of interwoven sticks and covered with mud or clay; used by early American Indian cultures and European settlers.
What is Wattle and Daub?
Period in Georgia beginning in 1752 after the trustees gave authority of the colony to the king.
What was the Royal period/colony?
A colonist who wanted to become independent from Great Britain.
Who were the Patriots?
Georgia’s most populated region known for its red clay; also known as “foot of the mountains”.
What is the Piedmont Region?
Article I of the Georgia Constitution enumerates certain individual liberties and protects those liberties from governmental intrusion.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The last major prehistoric Native American culture in Georgia; known for being large scale framers and mound builders who traded throughout North America.
Who are the Mississipian Indians?
One of the 21 members of the trustees who established Georgia; only trustee to come to the colony and served as the de facto military and governmental leader of the colony.
Who was James Oglethorpe?
The act, which placed a tax on all legal documents, newspapers, and other paper products, was repealed in 1766.
What is the Stamp Act?
Georgia’s northeastern region; receives more rainfall than any other region; many major rivers begin here.
What is the Blue Ridge Region?
A political system that allows one branch of government to veto or amend the acts of another to prevent one branch from having too much power.
What is Checks and Balances?
Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition through the Southeastern United States; credited as being the first European in Georgia.
Who is Hernando DeSoto?
A group of Protestants from Austria who were invited to settle in Georgia due to religious persecution they were experiencing in Europe; established the towns of Ebenezer and New Ebenezer; were some of the most successful colonists.
Who were the Salzburgers?
America’s first written constitution; had many limitations that hindered the smooth functioning of the government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Major river that is used for trade and makes up Georgia’s eastern border with South Carolina.
What is the Savannah River?
Duties that all citizens have; some are mandatory, like paying taxes and serving on juries; others are voluntary, such as voting.
What are Responsibilities of Citizens?
Churches set up by the Spanish in hopes of converting Native Americans to Christianity.
What are Missions?
The document that formally established the colony of Georgia; outlines the reasons for Georgia’s founding and the regulations set up by the trustees.
What is the Charter of 1732?
A written document that outlines a country’s government.
What is a constitution?
Located off the coast of Georgia; provides protection from hurricanes to the Georgia coast.
What are the Barrier Islands?
The document that outlines the rights, rules, regulations, and procedures for Georgia’s citizens and government.
What is the Georgia State Constitution?