Units 1 - 4
A slang name for British soldiers
Redcoats
Georgia's first governor, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, who wrote the charter for Georgia's first University
Lyman Hall
'Settlers' are the first to build homes in the area of the State known as what?
"The Backcountry"
He invented the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney
What was discovered in 1829 in Cherokee territory that led to the removal of the Cherokee from their land?
Gold
Purchased from France for $15 million, it doubled the size of the United States
The Louisiana Purchase
Before it was the University of Georgia, it was named what?
What was the first system called that would divide up land and give it to settlers?
The Headright System
What 1830 invention made it possible for farms to be located farther away from rivers
The Railroad
Elias Boudinot published and printed a newspaper in both English and Cherokee language. What was the name of the newspaper?
The Cherokee Phoenix
In which region of Georgia's is most of the state's agricultural products grown?
The Coastal Plain
What was Georgia's first capital?
Savannah
Atlanta, the original end of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, was originally named what?
"Terminus"
In 1813, a civil war broke out between the Creek Indians. What was it called?
The Red Stick War
The capital city of the Cherokee Nation
New Echota
According to the Proclamation of 1763, it was illegal to settle west of this natural boundary.
The Appalachian Mountains
It was "ceded," formally surrendered to the State of Georgia
Like the Headright System, the Yazoo Land Fraud was corrupt. How did Senator James Jackson symbolically put it to an end?
Burned the papers with a magnifying glass on the capital grounds, "Holy Fire from Heaven"
The civil war between the Creeks came to an end at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, led by what American general, who would later become President?
Andrew Jackson
What did the Supreme Court say about the Cherokee Nation in the case of 'Worcester v Georgia'
The Court said the Cherokee Nation was a completely separate Nation. GA had no right to make laws for them
Where did James Oglethorpe and the first Georgia colonists settle when they arrived in Georgia?
Yamacraw Bluff, on the Savannah River
S.A.L.M.A. is an acronym we use to remember the five capitals of Georgia. Name the five capitals.
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
Georgia ceded its Yazoo territory to the Federal Government for $1.25 million. What two states were eventually created from the territory?
Alabama and Mississippi
Chief William McIntosh and Governor Troup signed what treaty, which ceded all remaining Creek lands to Georgia?
The Treaty of Indian Springs, 1825
What Treaty ceded all Cherokee lands in the East, leading to the forced removal of the Cherokee people?
The Treaty of New Echota (1835)