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Hernando DeSoto explored from Tampa, Florida to southest Georgia for gold with approximately 600 men. They marched across Georgia to South Carolina, but couldn't find the gold they sought. Half the men, including DeSoto, died ny searching gold.
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Search for gold. Created colony at South Carolina- Charles fort-1562 Created colony at Florida- Fort Carolina-1564
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Spain made a mission at Cumberland Island and St. Catherine's Island, also called Santa Catalina. Posts were established at Sapelo and St. Simon's Island at the same century. The missionaries called the region Guale after the Guale Indians. Convert Native Ameriacans into Catholicism but also served as a trading post. Native Americans used the missions to get connected to the European World.
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Search for exotic foods, wealth (gold), and mercantilism. They wanted to create colonies that help produce raw materials (cotton, tobacco, forest products, etc.) that can be imported to Great Britain.
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Oglethorpe was born.
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King George II created the charter. Land restrictions are no catholic, no african descent, no liquor, and no lawyers.
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From November 1732 to Febuary 1733, about 40 people on the Ann died.
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Jes came to Georgia.
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Oglethorpe arrived in Savannah, GA at Febuary 12, 1733. He arrived to South Carolina before at late 1732. Known as the father of Georgia. He was elected as parliament and learned about numerous problems facing his country. He befriended Tomochichi, chief of the Yamacraw Indians. Oglethorpe went back to England with Tomochichi to bring 300 men including John Wesley, and brought him to make Baptist and Methedist churches.
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The Salzbergers went from Ebenezer to New Ebenezar due to diseases.
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The Royal Colony started after the Trustee Period ended in 1752. The Royal Colony was overseen by the crown of England. The government of Georgia would change drastically as the people, under the leadership of the Royal Governors would have to learn to govern themselves. British Parliament had to pass a charter in order for Georgia to become an official Royal Colony, which took 2 years.
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John Reynolds was the first governor of Gerogia. He introduced the idea of self-government to the colonists and assisted in the creation of a bicameral (two houses) legislature and the creation of a court system. Governed Georgia from 1754 to 1757. The British Parliament recalled Reynolds in 1757 and said he was ineffected. Due to disagreement between Reynolds and the legislature, the legislature was sent home. Reynolds tried and failed to rule Georgia himself.
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Known as the seven years war even it actually lasted for 9 years. France and Great Britain both wanted the treasures (resources, gold, land, etc/) of the American continent. Both countries feared the other would gain the most power. France had stronger army with more experienced leadership; British had better navy. Both sides had allies with certain Indian tribes. One of the causes of the American Revolution because Great Britain had lots of war debts, so King George put lots of taxes.
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Second royal governor of Georgia. Governed from 1757-1760. Worked to increase the size and productivity of the colony of Georgia. In 1759, Ellis became ill and returned to Great Britain. Ellis tried to learn from the mistakes of Reynolds. Set up a budget and regulated trade with the Native Americans. By 1759, the population increase to over 10,000, including 3,600 slaves.
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Third and final governor of the Royal Colony. Governed 1760-1776. Believed Georgia could be even profitable for England by allowing farmers (and their slaves) to live and work on this land. The size of Georgia increaed. After the French and Indian War ended in 1763, Georgia gained a large amount of land. Continued to serve as the Royal Governor of Georgia until the beginning of the American Revolution. Most successive governor of Georgia.
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Taxes on newspapers, legal documents, and licenses. Great Britain needed money; much debt and security expenses resulted from the French and Indian War.
Sugar Act: tax on sugar and molasses imported from the West Indies.
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Placed import taxes on tea, paper, glass, and coloring for plants.
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People that lived in Boston was mad, so they were drinking. Eventually they got drunk and they cause a chaos. They were cursing in front of the British soldiers. The British soldiers were going to keep calm like today's police officers, then someone threw a snowball at a soldier. Then the British soldiers shot the people of Boston.
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People threw tea away at the ocean.
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The Intolerable Acts was a punishment from the Boston Tea Party. The Intolerable Acts:
1. Closed Boston Harbor.
2. Cancelled the Massachusetts Royal Charter.
3. British official crime (tried) went to Britain.
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Americans beat the British in this war.
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Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" pamphlet encourage colonies to break from Great Britain. More than 500,000 copies were sold. Other pamphlets including "The Crisis" influenced opinion. In August 2, 1776, Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton (representatives from Georgia) signed the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence meant the colonists were one nation; Georgians prepared for war.
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Near Washington, GA. Georgia victory. Elijah Clarke led Patriots. James Boyd led the Royals. Small battle compared to other wars. Patriots were able to resupply with weapons and horses by taking it.
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Went against the British and lost. Arrived with 22 French ships. Benjamin Lincoln had 15,000 americans in his order. French vs American Patriots.
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Originally created by the Continental Congress in 1776, and ratified in 1781.
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The last war in the Revolutionary War.
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Ended the Revolutionary War.
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1786-1787 Daniel Shay, a Revolutionary War veteran, is unhappy that soldier's farms are being taken by the courts. Seized Springfield, Massachusetts.
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People agreed with the constitution for the US.
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US Constitution signed to have our countrie's governemt organized.
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Cotton gin helped a lot of cotton grow. Slavery was a problem because of the cotton gin.
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Government took land the federal governement owned. Around the Yazoo river. Bribed the legislature. All records were burned at the courthouse after the federal government found out. Yazoo company sold land that didn't belong to them. Georgia grew from the Yazoo Land Fraud. Yazoo Land Act Yazoo company sold land that didn
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When making laws, if one group has more people they'll win. Missouri Compromise- balance until they wanted to be a state. If one more slave stave, it won't be balanced. 1.Slave state. 2.Maine- free state.36'30" will be free (Missouri Compromise Line) South will be slave. 3.Any new territory north of the
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Found tons of gold at Dahlonega accidentally. People wanted the gold, so the Indians got land taken away again.
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Indians got land taken away because Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act.
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January 1832-May 1837. Nullification- reverse of effect. Some states felt that they had the power to cancel (nullify) a federal law. South Carolina nullified federal tariggs that were hurting the cotton industry. South Carolina was actually thinking to leave the Union. Both Andrew Jackson and South Carolina were prepared for a military fight. Lowering tarriffs for South Carolina stopped the chaos of South Carolina. First time of threatening by saying not being part of the Union.
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- California was added to a free state.
- The Fugitive Slave Law would be added (All runaway slaves had to be caught and returned to the south).
- No slave trade in Washington D.C.
- New territory would decide slavery by popular sovereignty (people choose).
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Kansas and Nebraska wanted to join the Union as two new states. These places will use popular sovereignty to determine the slavery issue. Popular sovereignty- popular vote winning and one side has more people.
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Dred Scott was a slave who live in a free territory (Illinois, Wisconsin) with his master. After his master died, he tried to sue for his freedom saying that since he had lived in a free state, he should be free. Abolitionists collected money for him to go to the Supreme Court. Supreme Court ruled against Dred Scott. The Supreme Court said he was property and not a citizen. Property could not sue for its own freedom.
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South Carolina said to the Union that if Abraham Lincoln is elected as president, they're going to leave. Abraham Lincoln was elected as president and South Carolina left the Union.