Unit 3 Review

Over time, Georgia's capitals

• moved east

• moved west

• did not move

• moved to Florida

What is Abraham Baldwin know for?

• Being the first president of the University of Georgia (UGA)

• Founding the colony of Georgia

• Winning a pie contest at the Georgia fair

What is the correct order of the capitals of Georgia? (Hint: remember S.A.L.M.A.)

• Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta

• Savannah, Atlanta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Augusta

• Savannah, Augusta, Louisiana, Mississippi, Atlanta

What happened as a result of the Yazoo Compromise?

• Georgia's western boundary increased (got bigger)

• Georgia's western boundary decreased (got smaller)

• There was no change--the boundaries stayed the same.

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Eli Whitney

• Abraham Baldwin

• James Oglethorpe

• John Hope Watkins

What are the three parts of the Declaration of Independence?

• Preamble

• Grievances

• Declaration

• Accolades

Who were Georgia's three signers of the Declaration of Independence?

• Button Gwinnett

• George Walton

• Lyman Hall

• James Oglethorpe

The central government under the Articles of Confederation was

• weak

• strong

• the same as it is today

• led by women

The invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney resulted in

• an increase in slavery in Georgia

• Indian removal

• westward expansion

• all of the above

Georgia was not as upset as the other colonies by the Proclamation of 1763 because

• Georgia was a baby colony and most people lived along the coast.

• Georgia feared retaliation from the Native Americans and was scared to expand.

• Georgia just decided to expand into South Carolina instead.