US & GA History Exemption Exam
(UGA) Test Questions and Answers.
In what year was Georgia established? - Answer 1732
When did settlement take place in Savannah? - Answer 1733
How long was Georgia in existence before there was a governor or governing body within the
colony itself? - Answer Two decades
Who ruled Georgia in the beginning? - Answer Board of Trustees
Define: Board of Trustees - Answer The governing body of Georgia in London England. King
George signed a charter establishing the colony and creating its governing board
What years is Georgia referred to as "Trustee Georgia"? - Answer 1732 - 1752
What were four things that were outlawed when Georgia was founded? - Answer slavery,
rum, lawyers, and Catholics
Who was the impetus behind Georgia's founding? - Answer James Edward Ogelthorpe
Battle of Bloody Marsh - Answer On St. Simons Island between the English and the Spanish.
It was an attempt of the Spanish to invade Georgia
Who from Georgia signed the Declaration of Independence? - Answer Button Gwinnett,
Lyman Hall, and George Walton
Who from Georgia signed the US Constitution? - Answer Abraham Baldwin and William Few
Jr.
Which state was Georgia to enter the Union when it ratified the Constitution in 1788? - Answer
Fourth
What was the most serious military confrontation between British and American troops? -
Answer Siege of Savannah in 1779
, Where was the capital moved to and from in 1779? - Answer Savannah to Augusta
Battle of Kettle Creek - Answer Took place in Wilkes County
Nancy Hart - Answer a female patriot and spy credited with killing several Tories at her home
When was the ban on slavery in Georgia lifted? - Answer 1752
Eli Whitney - Answer inventor of the cotton gin
Yazoo land fraud - Answer 1795, the sale of western land to four land companies after the
governor and members of the General Assembly had been bribed / land companies bribed GA
leaders to sell land cheaply; resulted in U.S. take-over of disputed land
James Edward Ogelthorpe - Answer The leader of English Parliament who founded the
Georgia colony, in order to create an effective buffer from the Spanish and Spanish controlled
Florida.
University of Georgia - Answer Founded in 1785, first university in the nation established by
a state government
Wesleyan College - Answer Established in Macon in 1836, the first degree-granting women's
college in the world
Trail of Tears - Answer The Cherokees forced exile from the states northewestern territory in
1838 - 1839. It became a symbol of the trauma and suffering all experienced
What was Georgia referred to as by the 1860s? - Answer "Empire State of the South"
Which state was Georgia out of all the states to secede from the Union? - Answer fifth
Howell Cobb - Answer in control of the Confederacy's organizing convention
Thomas R. R. Cobb - Answer primary author of the Confederate Constitution
William T. Sherman - Answer known for his military campaign "March to the Sea" in which
he marched from Atlanta to Savannah for his final siege. His troops burned barns and houses,
(UGA) Test Questions and Answers.
In what year was Georgia established? - Answer 1732
When did settlement take place in Savannah? - Answer 1733
How long was Georgia in existence before there was a governor or governing body within the
colony itself? - Answer Two decades
Who ruled Georgia in the beginning? - Answer Board of Trustees
Define: Board of Trustees - Answer The governing body of Georgia in London England. King
George signed a charter establishing the colony and creating its governing board
What years is Georgia referred to as "Trustee Georgia"? - Answer 1732 - 1752
What were four things that were outlawed when Georgia was founded? - Answer slavery,
rum, lawyers, and Catholics
Who was the impetus behind Georgia's founding? - Answer James Edward Ogelthorpe
Battle of Bloody Marsh - Answer On St. Simons Island between the English and the Spanish.
It was an attempt of the Spanish to invade Georgia
Who from Georgia signed the Declaration of Independence? - Answer Button Gwinnett,
Lyman Hall, and George Walton
Who from Georgia signed the US Constitution? - Answer Abraham Baldwin and William Few
Jr.
Which state was Georgia to enter the Union when it ratified the Constitution in 1788? - Answer
Fourth
What was the most serious military confrontation between British and American troops? -
Answer Siege of Savannah in 1779
, Where was the capital moved to and from in 1779? - Answer Savannah to Augusta
Battle of Kettle Creek - Answer Took place in Wilkes County
Nancy Hart - Answer a female patriot and spy credited with killing several Tories at her home
When was the ban on slavery in Georgia lifted? - Answer 1752
Eli Whitney - Answer inventor of the cotton gin
Yazoo land fraud - Answer 1795, the sale of western land to four land companies after the
governor and members of the General Assembly had been bribed / land companies bribed GA
leaders to sell land cheaply; resulted in U.S. take-over of disputed land
James Edward Ogelthorpe - Answer The leader of English Parliament who founded the
Georgia colony, in order to create an effective buffer from the Spanish and Spanish controlled
Florida.
University of Georgia - Answer Founded in 1785, first university in the nation established by
a state government
Wesleyan College - Answer Established in Macon in 1836, the first degree-granting women's
college in the world
Trail of Tears - Answer The Cherokees forced exile from the states northewestern territory in
1838 - 1839. It became a symbol of the trauma and suffering all experienced
What was Georgia referred to as by the 1860s? - Answer "Empire State of the South"
Which state was Georgia out of all the states to secede from the Union? - Answer fifth
Howell Cobb - Answer in control of the Confederacy's organizing convention
Thomas R. R. Cobb - Answer primary author of the Confederate Constitution
William T. Sherman - Answer known for his military campaign "March to the Sea" in which
he marched from Atlanta to Savannah for his final siege. His troops burned barns and houses,
