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Georgia History Review 2
Georgia as a Trustee Colony
Question: hard alcohol, Catholics, slavery, blacks, plantations
Answer: things not allowed in the Georgia trustee colony
Question: What did all Georgians have to grow?
Answer: mulberry trees
Question: charity, economics & defense
Answer: 3 reasons for founding Georgia
Question: Who was Georgia supposed to form a buffer against?
Answer: the Spanish in Florida
Question: the people who complained about all of James Oglethorpe's strict rules
Answer: malcontents
Geography
Question: the area between the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont, where many towns sprung up
Answer: the Fall Line
Question: a protected wetland in South Georgia
Answer: Okefenokee Swamp
Question: the mountain range that runs into Northern Georgia
Answer: Appalachian Mountains
Question: these protect Georgia's coastal region from hurricanes and severe weather
Answer: barrier islands
Question: this river forms much of the border between Georgia and Alabama
Answer: Chattahoochee River
Location
Question: Georgia's continent
Answer: North America
Question: Georgia's nation
Answer: United States
Question: In which region of the US is Georgia located?
Answer: South or Southeast
Question: Georgia's relative location from Florida
Answer: North
Question: Georgia is in what 2 hemispheres?
Answer: Northern & Western
American Revolution
Question: The common name for Loyalists
Answer: Tories
Question: The name for the people who rebelled and fought against the Loyalists
Answer: Patriots
Question: What were the Stamp Act, the Sugar Act, and the Tea Act?
Answer: taxes
Question: Where was the biggest Revolutionary War battle in Georgia?
Answer: Kettle Creek
Question: Out of the 13 British colonies, Georgia was number ____. (order created)
Answer: 13
Early Georgia History
Question: big land scandal that caused Georgia to lose the land of Alabama and Mississippi
Answer: Yazoo Land Fraud
Question: land giveaway system that gave big chunks of land to any white man with a family
Answer: headright system
Question: land giveaway system where people entered their names into drawings for free land
Answer: Land Lottery system
Question: The two biggest churches in early Georgia
Answer: Baptist and Methodist
Question: the oldest public university in the United States
Answer: University of Georgia