GEORGIA STUDIES MILESTONES REVIEW!

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The border between the Georgia Piedmont and the Coastal Plain marks the point at which rivers drop in elevation creating waterfalls. This border is known as the

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Fall Line

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What was the most devastating effect of European exploration on Native Americans? Options: the introduction of the horse, the spread of disease, the introduction of guns, the spread of Christianity

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the spread of disease

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James Oglethorpe founded a colony in America to

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help the poor of England get a new start

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Who were the malcontents of the early Georgia colony?

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people who were unhappy with the policies of the trustees

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Which of the following is NOT a cause of the American Revolution? French and Indian War, Stamp Act and Intolerable Acts, Treaty of Savannah, Declaration of Independence

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Treaty of Savannah

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Why did the patriots want independence from British rule? Options: They wanted to have their own king, They thought that the taxes were unfair, The British government gave the colonists too much freedom, They wanted to be ruled by Spain

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They thought that the taxes were unfair

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The U.S. Constitution was actually signed by only two of Georgia's four delegates. The two signers were William Few and ___?

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Abraham Baldwin

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Which methods did Georgia use to distribute land in the late 1700s and early 1800s? Options: collective bargaining and issuing bonds, speculation and sharecropping, the headright system and the land lottery, the land-use plan and the embargo system

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the headright system and the land lottery

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What was invented in Georgia during the 1790s that quickly changed the state's agricultural landscape and led Georgia to develop an economy based on farming?

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The cotton gin

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Which of the following would NOT be a major cause of the Civil War? Options: slavery, states' rights, southern secession from the Union

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assassination of President Lincoln