Semester 1 Review

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Across
  1. 2. Economic policy focused on exporting more than importing; colonies shipping raw materials (exports) to the mother country of England in exchange for finished goods (imports).
  2. 4. The first written plan of government for the US. It was a weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War.
  3. 5. Problems with the Articles of Confederation -- no power to tax, President lacked power, no money to buy ships or pay soldiers
  4. 6. Complaints made against King George III
  5. 8. (1732) The document that formally established the colony of Georgia; outlines the reasons for Georgia's founding and the regulations set up by the trustees.
  6. 10. Site of America's first gold rush; discovery of gold in the area led to the Cherokee removal.
  7. 11. law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.
  8. 12. The first state sponsored public University in the United States; founded in 1785.
  9. 15. an introduction to a speech or piece of writing
  10. 17. The written language of the Cherokee Indians. Within one generation after it was invented, over 90% of the tribe was literate in the language.
  11. 19. (1795)- Georgia act signed by Georgia Governor George Mathews that transferred 35 million acres of land in present day Alabama to four land companies for $500,000; this led to the Yazoo Land Fraud.
  12. 21. the youngest colony, which meant that it had closer political, economic, and social ties to England than other colonies.
  13. 24. of the DOI Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton
  14. 25. (1732-1751)- time period when Georgia was governed by the trustees. The trustees created many regulations (rules), including a ban on slavery, liquor, lawyers, and Catholics.
  15. 28. Land companies bribed members of the Georgia General Assembly to sell land for pennies on the dollar in the western part of Georgia. Georgia forced to sell lands west of the Chattahoochee to the US Government in the Compact of 1802.
  16. 30. (1765)- a tax on all legal documents, newspapers, and other paper products; one of the first direct taxes placed on the colonies by the British Government causing much protest amongst the colonists.
  17. 31. (1832)- landmark Supreme Court case which declared that the Cherokee were sovereign and not subject to the laws of the United States. However, Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the Court's decision and the Cherokee were later removed from Georgia.
Down
  1. 1. American colonist who favored American independence
  2. 3. (1754-1763) War fought in the colonies between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won.
  3. 7. When population growth started to move inland due to cotton plantations and railroads the capitals followed the population
  4. 9. Georgia's third capital (1796-1806); selected due to westward movement in the state.
  5. 10. (1776)- Three part document that discusses natural rights, explains the wrongs committed by King George, and offers an official declaration of independence from England.
  6. 13. Signed in 1776 by US revolutionaries; it declared the United States as a free country.
  7. 14. American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence.
  8. 16. A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east.
  9. 17. (1568-1684) Churches / forts set up by the Spanish on Georgia's barrier islands to convert Native Americans to Christianity and to protect Spain's land claims in North America.
  10. 18. Land distribution system after the American Revolution that provided the head of a family and Revolutionary War veterans up to 200 acres of free land to promote settlement in Georgia frontier.
  11. 20. King of England during the American Revolution
  12. 22. Machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that quickly removed seeds from the cotton fibers.
  13. 23. Georgia was one of the leaders in the development of these in the 1830's and many of Georgia's towns and cities were established due to these, particularly the city of Atlanta.
  14. 26. Final removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia; over 4,000 people died on the forced march from Georgia to Oklahoma.
  15. 27. Royal proclamation that forbade English colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
  16. 29. Land distribution system; gave the average Georgian a chance to buy land at pennies on the dollar.