...Running head: GEORGIA Georgia- The Peach state American Government December 7, 2011 The United States constitution is built upon the concept of federalism- the distribution of powers between a central authority and its constituent units. Georgia uses the federalist theory by distributing powers from its state government to the county government and from the county to the city government. Georgia is a historical state; being one of the original thirteen colonies founded in 1733. In 2010, Georgia was said to be the 9th largest state in the US with 9.69 million residents (Georgia USA, 2011, para. 1). Georgia like every other state is quite unique in its origin, development, and agriculture. The idea for creating a new colony was to serve as a military buffer between the British in South Carolina and the Spanish in Florida (Summers, 2011, para. 3). Prior to 1732 there were many attempts at settling on the land south of the Savannah River. Sir Robert Montgomery of Scotland-one of the many but not the first- “had secured from the Proprietors of Carolina a tract of land between the Savannah and Altamaha Rivers to which he gave the grandiloquent name, ‘Margravate of Azilia’ ” (Saye, 1948, p.3). Margravate an eastern European term meaning leader of lineage; Azilia is a Mesolithic European culture (“Margravate of Azilia”, 2011, para.4). (“Margravate of Azilia”, 2011, para. 9)Montgomery envisioned the colony inhabitants as those indentured from poorer English classes. Unfortunately...
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...The Georgia Colony In 1732, the Georgia Colony was founded by James Oglethorpe. It was the 12th colony of 13 to be established, and It was made to protect South Carolina from invasion from the French in Louisiana and the Spaniards in Florida. Georgia was named in honor of King George II of England. The geography of Georgia was mainly forests and hilly plains. It is bordered by current-day states Florida, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, and Alabama. It is a state next to the Atlantic Ocean, and there are other bodies of water within the state including the Chattahoochee River, Lake Hartwell, West Point Lake, and the Savannah River. The climate consists of mostly warmness! It is generally quite hot, but during the winter it cools down. Snow is, however, quite rare, as the average low temperature is about 32 degrees Fahrenheit. The average high temperature is 92 degrees Fahrenheit and the humidity is very high during the summer. This greatly increased the spread of disease in Colonial Georgia. Georgian’s main source of income came from farming. This farming generally included indigo –which is a type of mushroom, - rice, and sugar cane crops. This farming was successful because of the climate and geography of Georgia. Georgia was almost always warm and could have long growing seasons. This benefited the harvests. Slave labor was banned up until 1750, when Governor Oglethorpe left Georgia. After that, citizens demanded it be legal. Slaves were used on...
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...My state is Georgia. Georgia was founded on January 2, 1788, 217 years ago. Georgia is the fourth state in the Union. Georgia is also called The Peach State. Georgia’s state bird is the Brown Thrasher, the flower is the Rosa Laevigata. The state tree is the Live Oak. The state bug is the Honey Bee. The state crop is peanuts and the fruit is the peach. Georgia’s state is the Largemouth Bass, and the reptile is the Gopher Tortoise, and amphibian is the Green Tree Frog. Believe it or not, Georgia has a state song-Georgia On My Mind. The capital of Georgia is Atlanta. Some of the major cities are Macon, Augusta, Columbus, Athens, Savannah, and Atlanta. Some major features in Georgia are Stone Mountain, Providence Canyon, and Tallulah Falls....
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...The Georgia colony decreed by King George and after his namesake, was designed around a different form of government than was previously used. Since it was the most outlying colony of the time other measures, such as the prohibition and outlaw of slavery, were used to prevent insurrections, lost revenue from runaways, and a standing militia to prevent invasions from the Spaniards, among other things. This grated on the farmers and the gentlemen who owned the most land, after Oglethorpe and the other trustees wrote letters and essays on the fact it would make for a better protected Georgia, malcontent set in throughout. This malcontent spread and more letters, essays, and small books were written on why slavery would be more profitable for the poor farmers here. The trustees fought back one last time, before they were slowly whittled away and out of the government. Slavery was then legalized again, and to prevent runaways and other crimes, the punishments for slaves for them were severe. With these slaves and more products, the expansion of land was needed. With the discovery of gold and the need for more land, the Creek Indian Nation was effectively wiped out and removed from their lands quietly. The Cherokees put up a longer fight and were forced west on the Trail of Tears. A minority group of Cherokees sold and signed away their lands and the Georgian and federal governments pushed them out, to appease the wealthy land owners. Oglethorpe’s fears became prominent when only...
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...ATLANTA, March 13 Whatever the statutes may say, the real driving age in the peanut and cotton fields of rural Georgia is whenever a teenager can see over the steering wheel. ''In all honesty, the kids start driving around age 14 in a lot of farm families,'' said Bobby Eugene Parham, a state representative with a voice like the gravel roads of his home county, Baldwin, in central Georgia. ''For families who have trouble finding labor to move their crops, or pick up supplies, it's a necessity to have every kid drive.'' And so Mr. Parham, chairman of the House Motor Vehicles Committee, and many of his colleagues were not pleased when Gov. Roy Barnes recently proposed raising the legal driving age to 17 from 16. It did not matter that the change would affect only a few counties around the Atlanta area, or that the newspapers seem increasingly full of stories about young drivers dying in high-speed crashes. For the rural counties that surround Atlanta's urban island, teenage driving is too fundamental to permit any erosion. The governor's proposal is not quite dead yet, and on Monday, a Senate committee agreed to raise the driving age in five counties around Atlanta. Many legislators, however, predict that the proposal will end his remarkable winning streak with the Georgia Legislature. Over the last three years, he has pushed through changes in education, transportation and even the state flag that few people thought possible. But this issue, more than most, affects the...
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...Ms. Georgia O’Keeffe It was during the early 1900’s when a young, inspiring artist was about to change the face of American Art. Her views on the world through her art were none other than inspiring, passionate, and full of life. Georgia O’Keeffe, one of the most famous painters of the 20th Century, showed America that women can paint just as well, if not better, than their male counterparts. She filled the eyes of America with color and the realization that art does not have to be in the form of realism, but in the way that one sees the beauty in life. Ms. Georgia O’Keeffe’s transition from Wisconsin to New York, then back to the dry lands of New Mexico made her artistic life sprout with knowledge. No woman could live up to the life Georgia O’Keeffe has lived and or show the meaning of life in a more beautiful way. Georgia O’Keeffe was born on a beautiful day in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin in the year 1887. She was the second born among her seven brothers and sisters and had strong ambitions of being an artist. O’Keeffe went to her first art school in 1905 when she was only 18 years of age. This school was the Art Institute of Chicago and couple years after that she moved on to the Art Students League of New York from 1907-1908. O’Keeffe then was then tired of the life in the fine arts and moved on to being an art teacher for various schools in Texas, Virginia, and South Carolina from 1911-1918. During her career of being a teacher, O’Keeffe started to create her very own works...
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...different aspects in all other art forms is modernism. One leading modernist Georgia O’Keeffe who was also seen as the first female modernist who also played a pivotal role in the development of American Modernism and its relationship with European leading movements of the early 20th century. Georgia O’Keeffe is one of America’s preeminent modernist painters amongst the art world and without her much of the art we take for granted now, we would most likely not have been introduced to or introduced in such a way as she had done for us. Georgia O’Keeffe was born on November 15th 1887, in a farmhouse on a large dairy farm just outside of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Where she spent most of her young childhood until she moved to Williamsburg, Virginia. Fortunately unlike other girls of this time O’Keeffe came from a family where female education was a tradition, and without her education she would not have had the opportunities she was presented with. Modernism in art usually associated with the portrayal of cultural movements in the late 19th the mid 20th century. Many artists veered away from the traditionally taught concepts and techniques of painting that had been practiced and valued since the Renaissance time period, which was art already seen with great pride and to stray away from such a enlightened art form was not only risky but also looked down upon and seen as radical. At a young age Georgia O’Keeffe already knew she wanted to be a painter, with her mom influencing and...
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...Georgia’s charter During the Charter period of 1732, Georgia is a success because there were a lot of problems Georgia had to go through that made Georgia that good of a colony. In many different opinions, some may think that Georgia was a really good colony, a good place to be in, also a success. Georgia had charity, defense and their economics; so therefore, that makes Georgia a success. First, let's talk about charity, Georgia helped many people get a new life on it’s land to show it’s proof of success. Oglethorpe's plan was to give Jews a new life on Georgia, but Oglethorpe decided to let the people that are in debt and those that are poor get a new in Georgia. While doing so, Some Jews gave out some support to Oglethorpe’s new colony of Georgia by providing some support by giving out some money to donate to the poor. They also help their fellow Jews set sail on the second boat for Georgia to help those that are poor to get a new life on Georgia. The trustees included Oglethorpe in Georgia also made an official Seal for the establishment of the colony of Georgia. There was a motto on the seal that says “Not for themselves but for...
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...HUMA205PM: Term Paper A Portrait of Georgia O’Keeffe Kiki Carter Hebert AIU – Houston Abstract This paper will examine the life, legacy, and works of the famous painter Georgia O’Keeffe a noted artist who is arguably best known for her abstract works. It will explore the various media and techniques she used in three specific pieces. From her own words and the critiques of others, including an inexperienced person such as myself, this essay will expound upon Ms. O’Keeffe’s intentions and resolutions to the three pieces of Ms. O’Keeffe’s artwork which are outlined in this paper; Blue No. 2, Drawing XIII, and Series I White & Blue Flower Shapes. The American artist Georgia Totto O’Keeffe was born near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin on November 15, 1887 (I was born on her 86th birthday, November 15, 1973). Born under the astrological sign of Scorpio, it is understandable that some of her work seemed sensual as Scorpios are said to be very sexual beings. In her own words, Georgia O’Keeffe explained her self perception as an abstract artist. “It is surprising to me to see how many people separate the objective from the abstract. Objective painting is not good unless it is good in the abstract sense. A hill or a tree cannot make a good painting just because it is a hill or a tree. It is lines and colors put together so that they say something. For me that is the very basis of painting. The abstraction is often the most definite form for the intangible...
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...of the Mississippi. This relocation would make room for settlers. “There was “Five Civilized Tribes” involved- the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole, and Cherokee. “(White 1). In 1831 members of the “Five Civilized Tribes”: decided to use the US Supreme Court to combat Jacksonian policies. The Cherokee Nation asked for an injunction, claiming that Georgia’s state legislation had created laws designed to annihilate the Cherokees as a political society. Andrew Jackson had many supporters because he was freeing up land that would be given to the “common man” who was more important than others in society. In the case of Worcester v. Georgia, “the Court ruled that only the United States, and not the individual states, had power to regulate or deal with the Indian nations.” (PBS 1). In 1832, the US Supreme Court decision of Worcester v. Georgia ruled in favor of the Cherokee on the issue. In this case Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that the Cherokee Nation...
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...falls under Georgia’s Home Rule for local city governments. When it comes down to appearance the organization appears to be functional but its lack the fundamentals necessary to maintain high moral among employees and to motivate growth in all departments. Many employees see their job as a job not as a career. Planning Augusta’s Government Structure In 1996, the City of Augusta and Richmond county consolidated to form one government. The consolidated government consists of the Mayor and the Augusta Commission. The Commission is composed of ten members: eight members are elected by district; two members are elected by “super district” The Augusta Commission is authorized by Home rule provision of the Constitution of the State of Georgia 1983 to establish planning commissions; provide for the preparation and amendment of overall plans for the orderly growth and development of municipalities and the counties; provide regulation of structures on mapped streets, public building sites, and public open spaces; repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. The city’s daily operations are handled by the City Administrator who...
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...Georgia O’Keeffe: Cow’s Skull with Calico Roses- Analysis, Comparison and Contrast Short Biography of Georgia O’Keeffe Georgia O'Keeffe was born on the 15th of November, 1887, in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. She got married to Alfred Stieglitz, a photographer who gave Georgia her first gallery show, in 1916. She moved to New Mexico after his death, thus most of her works were based on inspiration from the environment and natural landscape there. “O'Keeffe was one of the greatest American artists of the twentieth century. She took to making art at a young age and went to study at the Art Institute of Chicago in the early 1900s. Later, while living in New York, she studied with such artists as William Merritt Chase as a member of the Art Students League.” (Bio. (Biography.com)). O’Keeffe’s most famous works include Black Iris (1926), Oriental Poppies (1928), Black Cross, New Mexico (1929), and Cow's Skull with Calico Roses (1931), the work which this report shall focus on. She passed away on the 6th of March, 1986, at 98 years of age. Cow's Skull with Calico Roses: the Focus of this Report Figure 1: Georgia O'Keeffe. Cow's Skull with Calico Roses. 1931. Figure 1: Georgia O'Keeffe. Cow's Skull with Calico Roses. 1931. Introduction to the Artwork This painting is called Cow’s Skull with Calico Roses, and was painted by the artist Georgia O’Keeffe. It was completed in 1931 in New Mexico, where Georgia was inspired to paint it. This painting...
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...Georgia O'Keeffe "You get whatever accomplishments you are willing to declare." is only one of the famous quotes from Georgia O'Keeffe the famous painter of close up flowers, charcoal drawings, and bone paintings. Georgia O’Keeffe was born on November 15, 1887 on the edge of a small town called Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.She was born on a dairy farm. She had one older brother named Francis Calyxtus Jr.(1885 - 1959) and five younger brothers and sisters named Ida Ten Eyck (1889-1961), Anita Natalie (1891-1985), Alexius Wyckoff (1892-1930), Catherine Blanche (1895-1987), and Claudia Ruth. Her mom’s name was Ida Totto. She grew up in the east. Her dad's name was Francis Calyxtus. He died when Georgia was a teenager. Georgia went to many schools, starting in the town hall school in Sun Prairie. Next, she attended Sacred Heart Academy in Madison. When her family moved to the state of Virginia, she went to Chatham Episcopal Institute. Next was the School of Arts in Chicago, and then to Art Student League of New York City. She later attended the University of Virginia, and Teachers College of Columbia University....
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...Furman v. Georgia Death Penalty Furman v. Georgia Death Penalty University of Phoenix Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice University of Phoenix Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice The Furman v. Georgia case states that the United States Supreme Court rules that capital punishment was not constitutional. There were five justices that had come together in this ruling and together they thought that capital punishment was to be banned in the United States. On August 11th, 1967 Micke William Jr. woke up when he heard noises in his house. When he got up he went to see where the noises were coming from and he ended up finding Henry Furman in his kitchen. Furman, an uneducated African American, broke into the kitchen with a gun (Smith 2008). When Furman realized that he had been spotted by Micke he ran for it while he fired a shot at Micke. The shot that was fired got Micke in the chest and it killed him instantly. His family immediately called the police. When the police reported to the scene they searched the house and the neighborhood. They ended up finding Furman in the neighborhood with the murder weapon where he was arrested and charged with the murder of Micke William Jr. The court ordered that Furman have a psychological exam done before the trial is held. The results came back from the psychological exam stating that Furman is psychotic and mentally ill. Murder cases can usually last a good while and they can become complicated cases. The trial for Furman...
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...death penalty. Furman appealed and took the ruling to the Supreme Court. Furman’s case was combined with two other black males when it went to the Supreme Court. The other two black males were given the death penalty for being found guilty of rape. At the time, the death penalty was sentenced more heavily on black individuals rather than whites. This lead to the belief that blacks were being treated unfairly. The decision was given five votes to overrule the previous ruling, with four votes that were aimed to keep the previous ruling. The five judges that were for overturning the decision also were divided on why they were against it. Two of the five stated that the death penalty in itself was cruel and unusual. The ruling from Furman V. Georgia set a precedent for how administrating the death penalty could take place. Even though the Supreme Court ruled against the death penalty in certain cases many states tried to re-write their death penalty laws to bypass the court’s ruling. In 2008, a similar case was presented to the Supreme Court. Kennedy v. Louisiana was a case in which Kennedy was convicted of aggravated rape of his eight year old step daughter. A Louisiana statute allowed the upgrade to the death penalty for the aggravate rape of an individual under twelve....
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