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GA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAMPhilanthropic
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Economic ✔️ Three reasons for the establishment of Georgia
Restrictions on land ownership
Prohibition of hard liquor
Prohibition of slavery ✔️ Strict rules established my the Trustees for the
colony
James Oglethorpe ✔️ defacto leader and one of the Trustees of the first
settlers in Georgia. helped establish Savannah, Augusta, and Fort Frederica
James Wright ✔️ longest serving, most influential governor of the Royal
Colony. Expanded and opened Georgia's frontier to farmers by obtaining
peaceful land cessions from the Native Americans
Tomochichi ✔️ Allowed Oglethorpe to settle on Yamacraw Bluff; advised
Oglethorpe on Indian affairs, chief of the Yamacraw
The Rules and Regulations ✔️ first governing document of independent
Georgia put into place by Provincial Congress (Whigs)
John Treutlen ✔️ first governor of GA
Yazoo Land Fraud ✔️ in 1795, Georgia legislators sold over 40 acres of
land to 4 land companies for 1.5 cents per acre; they were voted out of office
and deal nullified by James Jackson
Fletcher v. Peck (1810) ✔️ Supreme Court rule stating the state couldn't
nullify the Yazoo Land deal
George Walton
Lyman Hall
Button Gwinnett ✔️ Georgians who signed the Declaration of
Independence
, Savannah - Augusta - Louisville - Milledgeville - Atlanta ✔️ Capitals of
Georgia
Worcester v. Georgia ✔️ Supreme Court decision that ruled that Georgia
had no right to interfere with the Cherokees controlled land
Trail of Tears ✔️ the trek of Native Americans, particularly the Cherokee,
to Indian Territory
Charles Jenkins ✔️ author of the Georgia Platform- a proclamation that
endorsed the Compromise of 1850; appointed justice as the Supreme Court of
GA; governor of GA during reconstruction; he refused to allow state funds to
be used for a racially integrated state constitutional convention
Joseph E. Brown ✔️ governor of Ga in 1857 and 1859; he campaigned as
a champion of non-slaveholding upcountry masses but also had ties to
fireeaters; he worked to strengthen state defenses for the war
Alexander Stephens ✔️ Vice President of the Confederacy (1861-65),
elected to US Senate and served as governor of GA from '82-'83
Thomas R. R. Cobb ✔️ Athens lawyer instrumental in drafting the
Confederate constitution
Manpower (12,000 men), Money, Supplies (ammunition and clothing) ✔️
What did Georgia contribute to the war?
William Sherman ✔️ Union General who destroyed South during "march
to the sea" from Atlanta to Savannah, completely burned down Atanta
1871 ✔️ When did reconstruction of Georgia end/state redeemed?
The Black Code ✔️ laws that restricted African Americans' rights and
opportunities in order to keep them in a condition as close to slaves, blacks
weren't allowed to vote, serve on juries, or testify against whites
Tunis Campbell ✔️ minister and political leader that organized an African
American militia for protection
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