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Three reasons for the establishment of Georgia : Philanthropic Military Economic Strict rules established my the Trustees for the colony : Restrictions on land ownership Prohibition of hard liquor Prohibition of slavery defacto leader and one of the Trustees of the first settlers in Georgia....

GA History Overview : Related to the rest of South, largest state east of MS, youngest and most southern of 13 colonies, by 1860 the most populous southern state Mississippian Period : Dominant lifestyle of GA Indians Agriculturally- based , surplus food Chiefdom mounds for religious rituals...

Coastal Plain : "Pine Barrens" flat/sandy soil; 60% of state Piedmont : "foothills, upland, upcountry" rolling hills; most fertile; 30% of state (most populous) Plateau : flat/gently sloping land; smallest region Ridge and Valley : rich soils with hardwoods and pastures Blue Ridge 2 : ...

ames Edward Oglethorpe : Brittish man that Conceived of and implemented his plan to establish the colony of Georgia. Georgia would be a place where debtors in England could go instead of prison. Georgia would also produce silk, wine, and be a military board between Spanish Florida and the Br...

Fall Line : - the point on a river where there is an abrupt drop in elevation of the land and where numerous waterfalls occur. - it is the ancient coastline of the southern tier of North America when sea-levels wer higher - Navigation up-stream beyond this feature stops - ultimately towns loc...

Who founded Georgia and what was his position? : James Edward Oglethorpe, leader of English Parliament When was Georgia founded and what was its purpose? : -1732 -To serve as a buffer between colonies and Spanish controlled Florida Who was James Wright? : -Georgia's third and final royal Gove...

Georgia History: Overview : Georgia was the last of the thirteen colonies to be founded. Its formation came a half century after the twelfth British colony.Georgia was the only colony founded and ruled by a Board of Trustees, which was based in London. Mississippian Period: Overview : (A.D. 8...

Iroquois League : Known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", this is a league of several nations and tribes of indigenous people of North America Yazoo Lands : The sparsely-populated central and western areas of the US state of GA, when its western border stretched to the ...

Herman Talmadge : GA governor; in reaction to Brown vs. BOE he declared that GA will 'not tolerate the mixing of races in public schools or any other tax supported institutions." Forcibly took over the Governor's mansion until it was officially announced he had lost the election Baker v Car...

Large indian mound settlements appeared in Georgia when? : During the archaic period During the American Revolution, Georgia was... : divided among revolutionaries and loyalists The "trail of tears" refers to... : the removal of the cherokee from their homes in the 1830's In Browder v. Gayl...

Hernan Cortes : Spanish explorer who marched across mexico and conquered the aztecs - from spain Hernando de Soto : -explored deep in USA -first to cross and disocer Miss. River -claimed for Spain Jamestown : -First permanent English settlement -Starving time (% died) -1619: first slave sh...

The national political parties of the second American party system were: A. the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. B. the Democratic Party and the Whig Party. C. the Federalist Party and the Republican Party. D. the Democratic Party and the Populist Party. : B. the Democratic Party and ...

Robert Smalls : Enslaved African American who, during and after the American Civil War, became a ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician; freed himself, his crew and their families from slavery on May 13, 1862, by commandeering a Confederate transport ship, the CSS Planter, in Charleston h...

He was a spanish explorer who marched across Mexico and conquered the Aztecs : Hernan Cortes He explored deep in USA, first to discover and cross the Mississippi River and claim it for Spain : Hernando de Soto This man was a member of the English Parliament who founded the colony of Georgia. ...