Georgia History Exemption Exam
1. Fall Line: - the point on a river where there is an abrupt drop in
elevation of the land and where numerous waterfalls occur.
- it is the ancient coastline of the southern tier of North America when
sea-levels wer higher
- Navigation up-stream beyond this feature stops
- ultimately towns located just beyond this natural boundary were
important river ports (like Macon)
- The line in the eastern US is located where streams pass from
harder to softer rocks.[E - M.Y.]
2. Georgia capitals: Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
3. Atlanta: - Largest city in Georgia and the Deep South
- Capital of modern Georgia
- originally named Terminus, as it became the South's most important
rail hub and manufacturing center;
- set ablaze by General Sherman
4. James Wright: Georgia's 3rd (and last) Royal Governor. He was
extremely popular and successful
5. Indigo, Silk: - Brought to GA by Europeans
- became a new major cash crop
6. Hernando de Soto: Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the
first Euro- pean expedition deep into the modern-day Southeastern
United States (Florida, Georgia, Alabama and most likely Arkansas) in
1540, and the first documented European to have crossed the
Mississippi River.
7. Salzburgers: Some of the first immigrants to the new Georgia colony
in the 1730's From Austria came to Georgia to escape religious
persecution (they were protestants, not Catholics) settled
Ebenezer/New Ebenezer opposed slavery
8. James Oglethorpe: Founder of Savannah (1733), and governor of the
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, Geor- gia colony. He ran a tightly-disciplined, military-like colony.
Slaves, alcohol, and Catholicism were forbidden in his colony. Many
colonists felt that he was a dictator, and that (along with the colonist's
dissatisfaction over not being allowed to own slaves) caused the
colony to break down and he to lose his position as governor.
9. Georgia Trustees: They gave out land between the Savannah and
Altamaha Rivers. They also prohibited having rum and owning African
Slaves.
10.Scottish Highlanders: - Added protection to GAs southern border
- fought with Oglethorpe to fight off the Spanish
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1. Fall Line: - the point on a river where there is an abrupt drop in
elevation of the land and where numerous waterfalls occur.
- it is the ancient coastline of the southern tier of North America when
sea-levels wer higher
- Navigation up-stream beyond this feature stops
- ultimately towns located just beyond this natural boundary were
important river ports (like Macon)
- The line in the eastern US is located where streams pass from
harder to softer rocks.[E - M.Y.]
2. Georgia capitals: Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
3. Atlanta: - Largest city in Georgia and the Deep South
- Capital of modern Georgia
- originally named Terminus, as it became the South's most important
rail hub and manufacturing center;
- set ablaze by General Sherman
4. James Wright: Georgia's 3rd (and last) Royal Governor. He was
extremely popular and successful
5. Indigo, Silk: - Brought to GA by Europeans
- became a new major cash crop
6. Hernando de Soto: Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the
first Euro- pean expedition deep into the modern-day Southeastern
United States (Florida, Georgia, Alabama and most likely Arkansas) in
1540, and the first documented European to have crossed the
Mississippi River.
7. Salzburgers: Some of the first immigrants to the new Georgia colony
in the 1730's From Austria came to Georgia to escape religious
persecution (they were protestants, not Catholics) settled
Ebenezer/New Ebenezer opposed slavery
8. James Oglethorpe: Founder of Savannah (1733), and governor of the
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, Geor- gia colony. He ran a tightly-disciplined, military-like colony.
Slaves, alcohol, and Catholicism were forbidden in his colony. Many
colonists felt that he was a dictator, and that (along with the colonist's
dissatisfaction over not being allowed to own slaves) caused the
colony to break down and he to lose his position as governor.
9. Georgia Trustees: They gave out land between the Savannah and
Altamaha Rivers. They also prohibited having rum and owning African
Slaves.
10.Scottish Highlanders: - Added protection to GAs southern border
- fought with Oglethorpe to fight off the Spanish
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