Who Am I
He founded the colony of Georgia in 1733 as a place for debtors and the poor.
Who is James Oglethorpe?
This region is located in the TAG corner and has flat land. It also has limited farming due to poor soil.
What is the Appalachian Plateau?
These are changes made to the Georgia and/or U.S. Constitution
What are amendments?
This is the period when Georgia was governed by trustees, they created many regulations including a ban on slavery, liquor and liquor dealers, lawyers and
What is the Trustee Period?
This forbade English colonists from settling newly acquired land west of the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
A Native American leader who helped Oglethorpe establish peaceful relations.
Who is Tomochichi
This region has long, parallel ridges and fertile valleys.
What is the Valley and Ridge region?
These are a list of rights and freedoms found in both
the Georgia and U.S. Constitutions
What are the Bill of Rights?
period in Georgia after the trustees gave authority of the colony to the king
What is the Royal Period?
This war was between England, France and their Native American allies for control over North America
What is the French and Indian War?
She was a translator and a cultural bridge between colonists and Native Americans.
Who is Mary Musgrove
This region is the highest in Georgia and includes Brasstown Bald.
What is the Blue Ridge region?
This is the opening statements of constitutions; states the purpose of the documents
What is the preamble?
These three things outlined in detail the reasons for Georgia’s settlement and the regulations
What is philanthropy, economics and defense?
A small revolutionary war battle in Georgia where patriot forces defeated 600 loyalists
What is the Battle of Kettle Creek?
These three Georgian men signed the declaration of independence
Who were Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton?
This region covers about 30% of Georgia and has rolling hills.
What is the Coastal Plain?
This allows one branch of government to veto or amend the acts of another to prevent any branch from having too much power
What are checks and balances?
These Protestants from Austria; were invited to settle in Georgia due to religious persecution; established the towns of Ebenezer and New Ebenezer
Who were the Salzburgers?
This was a failed attempt by the French and Americans to recapture Savannah during the Revolution
What is the Siege of Savannah?
He led the "Marsh to the Sea" devastating Georgia
Who is William T Sherman?
This region is located in northeast Georgia.
What is the Blue Ridge?
This constitutional principle that limits the powers of one person or branch of government
What is separation of powers?
These colonists who complained about the trustee regulations for Georgia colony; main complaint the ban on slavery and rum
Who were the Malcontents?
This was America’s first written constitution; it had many limitations
What is Articles of Confederation?