GA history

3. British founder of the Georgia colony in 1733.
4. Georgia's official state flower.
6. The legendary civil rights leader born in Atlanta.
7. The world-famous soft drink invented in Atlanta in 1886
9. The capital city that was famously burned during the Civil War.
10. The forced removal of the Cherokee people from Northwest Georgia to Oklahoma in 1838.
12. The landmark 1954 Supreme Court case that led to the desegregation of Georgia schools.
14. The British King Georgia was named after.
16. The 1861 event when Georgia left the Union to join the Confederacy.
19. The Cherokee man who created a written alphabet (syllabary) for his people.
20. The major world event hosted by Atlanta in 1996
21. The daughter of a Creek mother and English father who served as Oglethorpe's primary translator.
22. The world-famous 2,000+ mile hiking trail
24. The site of a notorious Confederate prison during the Civil War.

1. The largest swamp in North America, located in southern Georgia.
2. The Union General who led the "March to the Sea" from Atlanta to Savannah.
5. Georgia was the last of the original ______ colonies.
8. The 1793 invention by Eli Whitney on a Georgia plantation that revolutionized the state's economy.
10. The Yamacraw Indian Chief who gave Oglethorpe permission to settle on Yamacraw Bluff.
11. The group of 21 men who governed the Georgia colony during its first 20 years.
13. mountain The massive granite monolith that features a famous sculpture
15. The only Georgian to serve as President of the United States.
17. Georgia's first city and original capital.
18. Georgia was the ______ state to join the Union in 1788.
23. state The most common nickname for Georgia.