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GA History Exam KSU with 100% sure answers
Terms in this set (51)
Military leader; establishments of British
governments first colony; landed in Savannah, GA
James Oglethorpe (1696-1785)
in 1773
Led by Tomochichi; 200 people and contained a
mix of lower creeks and yamasees
Yamacraw indians
Patrick Tailfer; issued complaints with the GA
colony; made their first objections heard in 1735;
Malcontents arrived without assistance and felt like the trustees
prevented them from realizing their economic
potential
Chief of the Yamacraw Indians; mediator between
the native population and the new English settlers
Tomochichi
Catholic missions were the primary means by
which Georgia's Native American chiefdoms were
Spanish Missions
assimilated into the Spanish colonial system along
the northern frontier of greater Spanish Florida
First successful Spanish mission San Pedro Mocama
The first European to explore the interior of
Georgia
Hernando de Soto
The period between the termination of Trustee
governance of Georgia and the colony's
Royal Georgia
declaration of independence at the beginning of
the American Revolution (1775-83).
Was the only Spanish attempt to invade GA during the war of Jenkins ear; resulted in
Battle of Bloody Marsh
a significant English victory
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Georgia's third colonial royal governor
James Wright
Group of German-speaking protestant colonists,
founded the town of Ebenezer in what is now
Salzburgers
Effingham County
Georgia's first staple crop, was the most important
commercial agricultural commodity in the low
Rice
country from the middle of the 18th century to the
early 20th century
Lasted from AD 800 to 1600; saw the development of some of the most complex
Mississippian period: Overview societies that ever existed in North America; first chiefdoms were developed in the
state
Was the last of the 13 colonies to be founded; was the only colony founded and
Georgia History: Overview
ruled by the board of trustees
The colony had prospered under the royal rule, and many Georgians thought that
they needed the protection of the British troops against a possible Indian attack; GA
Revolutionary War in Georgia
did not send representatives to the First Continental Congress that met in
Philadelphia, PA in 1774
Was one of three Georgia signers of the
Declaration of Independence. He served in
Button Gwinnett Georgia's colonial legislature, in the Second
Continental Congress, and as president of
Georgia's Revolutionary Council of Safety.
A member of the prominent 18th century Scottish
Highland family that was among the earliest
Lachlan McIntosh
settlers of the GA colony; played an important
roles in the cause of American independence
Served as a cultural liaison between colonial GA
and her Native American community in the mid-
Mary Musgrove
18th century
Was a scheme by which Georgia legislators were
bribed in 1795 to sell most of the and now making
Yazoo Land Fraud up the state of Mississippi to four land companies
for the sum of $500,000, far below its potential
market value
Cherokee chief who signed the Treaty of New
Echota and was consequently killed
Major Ridge
One of the first two African American students
admitted to the University of Georgia. Also known
Charlayne Hunter-Gault for her career as an award-winning journalist,
Hunter-Gault is respected for her work on
television and in print.
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EUNICE
GA History Exam KSU with 100% sure answers
Terms in this set (51)
Military leader; establishments of British
governments first colony; landed in Savannah, GA
James Oglethorpe (1696-1785)
in 1773
Led by Tomochichi; 200 people and contained a
mix of lower creeks and yamasees
Yamacraw indians
Patrick Tailfer; issued complaints with the GA
colony; made their first objections heard in 1735;
Malcontents arrived without assistance and felt like the trustees
prevented them from realizing their economic
potential
Chief of the Yamacraw Indians; mediator between
the native population and the new English settlers
Tomochichi
Catholic missions were the primary means by
which Georgia's Native American chiefdoms were
Spanish Missions
assimilated into the Spanish colonial system along
the northern frontier of greater Spanish Florida
First successful Spanish mission San Pedro Mocama
The first European to explore the interior of
Georgia
Hernando de Soto
The period between the termination of Trustee
governance of Georgia and the colony's
Royal Georgia
declaration of independence at the beginning of
the American Revolution (1775-83).
Was the only Spanish attempt to invade GA during the war of Jenkins ear; resulted in
Battle of Bloody Marsh
a significant English victory
1/6
, 10/8/24, 7:55 AM
Georgia's third colonial royal governor
James Wright
Group of German-speaking protestant colonists,
founded the town of Ebenezer in what is now
Salzburgers
Effingham County
Georgia's first staple crop, was the most important
commercial agricultural commodity in the low
Rice
country from the middle of the 18th century to the
early 20th century
Lasted from AD 800 to 1600; saw the development of some of the most complex
Mississippian period: Overview societies that ever existed in North America; first chiefdoms were developed in the
state
Was the last of the 13 colonies to be founded; was the only colony founded and
Georgia History: Overview
ruled by the board of trustees
The colony had prospered under the royal rule, and many Georgians thought that
they needed the protection of the British troops against a possible Indian attack; GA
Revolutionary War in Georgia
did not send representatives to the First Continental Congress that met in
Philadelphia, PA in 1774
Was one of three Georgia signers of the
Declaration of Independence. He served in
Button Gwinnett Georgia's colonial legislature, in the Second
Continental Congress, and as president of
Georgia's Revolutionary Council of Safety.
A member of the prominent 18th century Scottish
Highland family that was among the earliest
Lachlan McIntosh
settlers of the GA colony; played an important
roles in the cause of American independence
Served as a cultural liaison between colonial GA
and her Native American community in the mid-
Mary Musgrove
18th century
Was a scheme by which Georgia legislators were
bribed in 1795 to sell most of the and now making
Yazoo Land Fraud up the state of Mississippi to four land companies
for the sum of $500,000, far below its potential
market value
Cherokee chief who signed the Treaty of New
Echota and was consequently killed
Major Ridge
One of the first two African American students
admitted to the University of Georgia. Also known
Charlayne Hunter-Gault for her career as an award-winning journalist,
Hunter-Gault is respected for her work on
television and in print.
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