Statehood SS8H3/ SS8H4

What document listed reason why colonist should be set free from great britian

• articles of confederation

• constitution convenction

• virginia plan

• declaration of idependence

The first public university in United States history was _______.

• UGA
• Georgia Tech
• UTC

The author of the charter of the first public university in the United States was __________

• Abraham Baldwin
• Lyman Hall
• William Few

The process first used to distribute lands in Georgia, in which a head of household received land for himself and his family was called the:

• headright system
• land lottery
• cession

__________________ led the Cherokee faction that wanted to resist further concessions to the U.S. government, ultimately suing the U.S. government in court.

• George Guess
• Andrew Jackson
• John Ross

In the headright system, the head of the house got how many acres? 

• 100
• 200
• 300

__________________ led the Cherokee faction that wanted to resist further concessions to the U.S. government, ultimately suing the U.S. government in court.

• George Guess
• Andrew Jackson
• John Ross

The U.S. Constitution was actually signed by these two Georgia delegates.

• Button Gwinnett and Lyman Hall
• William Few and Abraham Baldwin
• James Madison and Thomas Jefferson
• George Walton and Elijah Clarke

Georgia continued to move its capital westward to Louisville, then Milledgeville, and finally Atlanta to

• avoid continued pirate raids on the east coast
• meet federal government requirements
• follow the growing population
• open eastern lands to the American Indians

What was the purpose of the Georgia’s land policies?

• It established a method of counting the population
• To give away newly gained lands and promote westward expansion
• It provided an organized system of collecting taxes
• It administered voting and election districts