GS - Westward Expansion

Land that western moving settlers wanted belonged to the Creek and Cherokee.

Which is the correct order of Georgia's capitals from earliest to most recent?

Which invention by Eli Whitney had the greatest effect on Georgia’s economy in the early 1800s?

Which of the following is TRUE about the conditions outlined in the Proclamation of 1763?

Which treaty, signed by Creek Chief McIntosh, gave up the remainder of their land to Georgia? He was killed for it.

What fraud led Georgia to give up its western lands to form Alabama and Mississippi?

Colonists anger with the Proclamation of 1763 led to the American Revolution.

In Worcester v. Georgia, Supreme Court Chief _________ sided with the Cherokee by saying they had a right to their land.

President ____________ signed the Indian Removal Act and relocated the Cherokee and Creek to lands further west.

Railroads were first introduced in Georgia to move cotton to ports quicker.

Which is NOT an impact of the cotton gin?

King George and the British won the American Revolutionary War.

Which city, now known as Atlanta, was created as a result of railroads meeting there?

Georgia's capitals continued to move __________ to follow the center of population as it moved that direction.

Why did the King issue the Proclamation of 1763?

The path that the Cherokee were forced to take to Arkansas and Oklahoma was known as the ______________.

The United States' first governing document was __________.

Which college was the first state-sponsored university in the United States

Which person served as the chief of the Cherokee? He worked to keep them on their land.

Where was gold discovered which further driving settlers onto Cherokee land?

Georgia was a colony of __________ before the American Revolution.

Georgia's signers of the US Constitution supported both the Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise.

The University of Georgia was created ____________.

Which were the two signers of the US Constitution from Georgia?

Which was NOT a way Georgia granted land to settlers moving west?

Which group wanted to gain independence from Great Britain?