Georgia
Alexandria Whitehead
5th grade
Ms.Whaley
May 6, 2016
Table of contents Introduction
History
Geography and Climate
Natural Resources/ Industry/ Products
conclusion
Introduction
Georgia is located in the southern part of the united states. It 's neighboring states are North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida and South Carolina. Georgia is known as the peach state or the empire state of the south. Georgia 's motto is wisdom, justice, and modernization. Georgas capital is Atlanta and it is also the largest city. Agicalture, film, energy automotive and tourism is a big part of georgia 's economy. There are mountains, lakes, rivers and pre-civil-war sites and haunted houses, zip lining and beautiful waterfalls and more in Georgia.
History
In 1540 a european settler named Hernando De Soto was the first to discover what is now georgia. Hernando was born about the year of 1500 in
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The major rivers are Chattahoochee river and the Savannah river also the Suwannee river. The major lakes are Clarks Hill lake, West Point lake, and lake Hartwell. Georgia can be divided into seven main land regions; the Appalachian Plateau, the Appalachian Ridge and Valley Region, the Blue Ridge, the Piedmont, the Atlantic Coastal Plain, and the East Gulf Coastal Plain. A small section of the Blue Ridge is found in northeastern Georgia north of the Piedmont. Part of the Okefenokee Swamp lies in the East Gulf Coastal Plain. A small section of the Blue Ridge is found in northeastern part of Georgia on North of the Piedmont.These mountains are forested with hardwoods and pine softwoods. Georgia has a city hall a capital building and many museums and there are also many more sites that were in history. The average rainfall in georgia is (1,110mm). The average climate in summer is 92.2 and winter it is
Multiple factors could have affected each one of the state’s and county’s decisions on whether they succeeded from the union or stayed loyal. The main historical factors under consideration were the number of slaves per white man, the agricultural wealth per white man, the availability of transportation by rail or water, and the percent slave population in respect to total population. While reviewing the data, I found that throughout Georgia and the counties Bibb and Heard, there was a large presence of slaves per white man as well as a large overall population of slaves in each of these regions. There was about three slaves per white man and around a 40% overall slave population. This evidence compelled me to think that these regions would
One reason why Georgia was a success or a failure colony is because of charity. In document D, “Charter of Georgia: 1732”, says “… poor people will be settled and established in the southern part of Carolinas…”. Also in The Background essay, it tells us more about charity, “ People who had received charity and who had not purchased their own land could not sell, or borrow money against, it”. That tells us that charity is something that is given
He was on an adventure to discover somewhere new ,but then he ended up in what would soon to be called Florida. He was amazed by the beautiful place that he discovered. The land was capped with ellagent flower which developed the name la florida, land of flowers. In 1513 Juan Ponce De Leon set out on his adventure to the Americas for the fountain of youth, but unfortunately he died before he could ever find it.
Georgia would also be used as a buffer state that would defend the southern part of the British colonies from Spanish Florida. Mcllvenna is correct in exclaiming
Everything changed when the Spanish began to explore and establish colonies throughout Mesoamerica and South America. Cabeza de Vaca was shipwrecked in 1528, and wandered through the area in the 1530’s. another Spanish explorer De Soto died before he was able to reach what is known today as Texas. De Soto’s men continued west crossing the Red River in 1542. Later after that the number of Spaniards moving into the region increased and the first settlement in Texas was established in 1682.
Region Today The Cumberland Gap is now a popular place for people to go for vacation. The Cumberland Gap is almost where the three states meet and the three states were Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee. The Cumberland Gap is now a state park. The Cumberland Gap use to be used to get through the appalachian mountains, but now it is used for hiking, climbing, biking, and camping.
Georgia was originally for the charity of the people in debtor’s prison to get a fresh start. In the end the king let all the rich people go and NO debtors got to go. In the charter of 1732 it states “that many of our poor subjects are, through misfortunes and want of employment, reduced to great necessity, insomuch as by their labor they are not able to provide a maintenance for themselves and families.” This proves that Georgia did have charity and that through hard times of the settlers lives, Oglethorpe helped them through and gave them hope. However, the main reason in Oglethorpe’s eye for Georgia was to help the debtors and free them
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In 1776 the U.S. was comprised of colonies, but by 1870 the U.S. had expanded beyond the Mississippi River to Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas. 1776 the 13 confederated states were North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Florida, Tennessee, Virginia, Arkansas, Kentucky and Missouri.
Hernán Cortés was born in 1485 in Medellin, Spain. He studied Latin at the University of Salamanca for two year. He left school after those two years to sail the new world in 1504. Cortés joined Velazquez to explore and subdue Cuba in 1511. Velazquez chose Hernán Cortés to have an expedition to trade with Mexico.
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Hernan Cortes was born on 1485 in Medellin, Spain. Medellion was neighbored by Estramuda, which was known for the large amounts of conquistadors that hailed from there (Herrick 130). Estramuda and the surrounding towns were also known for being strong supporters of the estemadura shrine which was the original inspiration for the name Guadalupe. Hernan Cortes first landed on Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti) in 1504, he came with 600 men with the sole purpose of setting an establishing position in the Americas (Hamnett 59). There three
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