Georgia Studies Final Study Flashcards

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Horticulture

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the science of cultivating plants and trees

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Bow and Arrow

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Hunting became easier for the Woodland culture, a period during the bow and arrow came into use

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atlatl

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The atlatl allowed hunters to throw spears or darts a greater distance.

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Nomdic

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(roaming) hunters who wandered from place to place following herds of large animals the Paleo culture is a great example

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Pourpose of Spanish missions

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The Spanish wanted to convert the Native Americans

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Georgia's relative location

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Georgia is north of Florida

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georgia's border states

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Alabama Tennesee North Carlina South Carlina Florida

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Industry most affected by Georgia's climate

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Agruculture

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Reasons for the settlementof Georgia

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Charity, Economics, Buffer state

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Fort frederica

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James Edward Oglethorpe built Fort Frederica in 1736 to defend the new colony of Georgia from the Spanish in Florida.

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Accomplishment of royal governor, John Reynolds

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he established a structure of royal government, including courts, a council, and the Commons House of Assembly

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How did the French and Indian War lead to the American Revolution

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The king was in debt and had taxed the colonies and the colonies were not represented in parliament

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Proclamation of 1763

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The king did not want anyone to move west of the appellation mountains because that was the Native Americans land

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Stamp Act

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when king George put a tax on anything that was printed and legal documents

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List and discribe the 4 Intolerable Acts

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1)close the boston harbor until tea is paid for, 2) no town meetings, 3) British officials go to court in Great Birtain , and 4) quartering act - colonists must house and feed soldiers

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Loyalists/Tories

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they support the king and want to remain a colony and is usually first generation

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Patriots/Whigs

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they did not support the king and want to a new country and is usually first generation

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List weaknesses of Articels of Confederation

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The Articels of Confederation had no clear leader or president; also states were loosely joined together

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List weaknesses of georgia's constitution of 1777

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the legislative branch had to much power

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James Oglethorpe

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was the founder of Georgia

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importance of Dalton Georgia

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the carpet capital of the world

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no taxation with out representation

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that is what the loyalists said when in protest against the taxes and them not being represented in parliament

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Austin Dabney

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one of the black solders freely fighting for the loyalists

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Elijah Clark

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a rebil mulita leader that won the battel of kettel creek

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Nancy Hart

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the only county named after a women in Georgia

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william few

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he represented Georgia at the Constitutional Convention

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Abraham Baldwin

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he was a Georgia representative in the Continental Congress and served in the United States House of Representatives and Senate after the adoption of the Constitution.

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primary vs. secondary sources

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primary is more reliable because it is the first hand telling of an event and secondary is a analyzed and edited version of the first handed event (found in encyclopedias and biographies)