American Indians/European Exploration
What caused a major population decrease in the American Indian population?
The diseases spread by the European Explorers.
What document created the colony of Georgia?
The Charter of 1732
What group opposed the taxes and other laws imposed by the King of England?
The Patriots/Rebels
What was found on Cherokee land that started the idea to remove them from their land?
Gold
What term describes the belief that states had the right to govern themselves without any federal interference?
States' Rights
Who was the European explorer who came to Georgia, and what was he looking for?
Hernando DeSoto and gold
Who is known as the "Founding Father of Georgia"?
James Oglethorpe
What was the war between France and England that put England in debt and caused England to raise taxes?
The French and Indian War
What was the purpose of land lotteries?
They helped to distribute land fairly to citizens.
Who led the famous "March to the Sea" through Georgia?
General William T. Sherman
What was the type of home that the Mississippian Indians lived in with their families?
Wattle (twigs) & Daub (clay)
Name the 3 reasons for settling the colony of Georgia.
Philanthropy
Defense
Economics
The Declaration of Independence
What scandal involved Georgia politicians selling land illegally?
The Yazoo Land Fraud
What organization was created to help freed slaves and poor whites after the Civil War?
The Freedmen's Bureau
Why weren't the American Indians nomadic?
Their villages were located near rivers. They had access to water and fertile soil for farming.
What was the name of the location where the city of Savannah was eventually founded?
The Yamacraw Bluff
The Articles of Confederation
What were the names of the capitals of Georgia during this period?
Savannah
Augusta
Louisville
Milledgeville
Atlanta
Name and define the Reconstruction Amendments.
13th - abolished slavery
14th granted citizenship
15th - voting rights to all men
What were mounds used for in the Mississippian Indian culture?
Safety of the Tribe
OR
Burial/Religious Reasons
OR
Political--Leaders--Chiefs
Without a ban on slavery, large plantation owners could rely on slave labor to plant and harvest more crops.
What was the significance of the Battle of Kettle Creek?
What was the ruling of Worcester v. Georgia?
Cherokee was ruled a sovereign nation.
How did tenant farming and sharecropping differ from one another?
Tenant farmers rented the land, but owned their own supplies.
Sharecroppers had to rent the land and their supplies.