Georgia Southern- GA History Legislative Exemption Exam 100% SOLUTION

Georgia Southern- GA History Legislative Exemption Exam 100% SOLUTION Appalachian Plateau - ANSWER Smallest region, NW corner of the state. Flat and gently sloping Appalachian Ridge and Valley Region - ANSWER Rich soils, hardwoods, pastures Blue Ridge Region - ANSWER Rocky slopes, tallest mountains in the state The Piedmont - ANSWER foothills, rolling hills, Most Fertile, most populous East Gulf Coastal Plain/Atlantic Coastal Plain - ANSWER =Pine Barrens. Flat land, sandy soil. 60% of the state Which Spanish explorer found disease, exposure and warfare? - ANSWER Hernando de Soto Which Native American tribes survived when the Spanish arrived? - ANSWER Cherokee and Creek What was the Santa Catalina de Guale? - ANSWER a Mission in St. Catherine's Who wrote the 1732 charter of GA? - ANSWER Trustees of GA What were the 3 primary reasons for the establishment of GA? - ANSWER 1. Philanthropic 2. Military (defense against spanish in FL) 3. Economic What were the 3 strict rules for the colony? - ANSWER 1. Restrictions on Land Ownership 2. Prohibition 3. Prohibition of Slavery Who made a settlement at Savannah? - ANSWER James Oglethorpe Who won the battle of bloody marsh? - ANSWER 1742, British victory over the Spanish What was GA's government in 1752 as a Royal Colony? - ANSWER bicameral- Upper House and House of Commons Who was allowed to vote in 1752 in GA? - ANSWER White males who owned over 50 acres of land True/False- GA was the only one of the 13 colonies not represented in the 13th Congress - ANSWER True Last state to join the rebellion against GB? - ANSWER GA What was the first document of GA? - ANSWER The Rules and Regulations The 3 GA reps that signed the Declaration of Independence - ANSWER Walton, Hall, Gwinnett Who was the first Governor of Georgia? - ANSWER John Adam Treutlen Who was at the Constitutional Convention in 1789? - ANSWER Baldwin and Few GA was the first state to ratify the Constitution? True or False - ANSWER True In what year did Georgia become an independent state? - ANSWER 1783 In what year was the new GA constitution made? - ANSWER 1789 What was grown and developed in the Piedmont? - ANSWER Tobacco Yazoo Land Fraud - ANSWER 1795. an event where land companies bribed members of the Georgia General Assembly to sell 40 million acres of Georgia's Western lands to 4 companies. James Jackson nullified the sale and they were voted out of office