GCSU GA HISTORY EOC QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GUARANTEE A+ 2025
What was GA considered from 1752-1775? - Royal Colony
Characteristics of being a royal colony - -Dev. of slavery and plantation system
-rice culture along coast
-fur trade in back country
-new gov't w/ royal governor, Governor's Council, elected Commons House of
Assembly
-events leading up to Revolution, including GA's reaction to events in other colonies
-GA was younger, weaker, and had closer ties to England->slower to action
-only colony with no representative at the 1st Continental Congress
-attended 2nd Cont. Congress
-3 Georgians signed Dec. Of Independence
1763-1775: opened back country to farmers - Indian Land Cessions
Who signed the Declaration of Independence from Georgia? - George Walton, Lyman
Hall, and Button Gwinnett
first European to explore the interior of what is now the state of Georgia - Hernando De
Soto
Founding Trustee of GA; conceived of and implemented his plan to establish the colony
of Georgia. It was through his initiatives in England in 1732 that the British government
authorized the establishment of its first new colony in North America in more than five
decades - James Oglethorpe
Known as Coosaponakeesa among the Creek Indians; served as a cultural liaison
between colonial Georgia and her Native American community - Mary Musgrove
chief of the Yamacraw Indians; principal mediator between the native population and
the new English settlers during the first years of settlement, he contributed much to the
establishment of peaceful relations between the two groups and to the ultimate success
of Georgia - Tomochichi
migrated from England to Savannah in 1737 to serve as secretary of Trustee Georgia;
served in the office of president from 1741 to 1751 - William Stephens
captain in the British royal navy; served as Georgia's first royal governor from late 1754
to early 1757 - John Reynolds
second royal governor of Georgia, has been called "Georgia's second founder." - Henry
Ellis
, the third and last royal governor of Georgia, serving from 1760 to 1782, with a brief
interruption early in the American Revolution (1775-83) - James Wright
1775-1778: Fighting in Georgia between ______________ and _____________. -
Patriots (Whigs) and Loyalists (Tories)
1776- Battle of _______ ________ where the royal gov't fell;
also called the Battle of Yamacraw Bluff; land and naval battle of the American
Revolutionary War that took place in and around the Savannah River on the border
between the Province of Georgia and the Province of South Carolina. The battle pitted
the Patriot militia from Georgia and South Carolina against a small fleet of the Royal
Navy. - Rice Boats
December 1778 British capture of ________________. (Re-establishment of royal gov't)
- Savannah.
1779- patriot victory at _____________ _____________ and defeat at _________
__________ - Kettle Creek.
Briar Creek.
1779- French/Patriot siege of ________________ failed - Savannah
1779-1780 Patriots retreated to _____________. This place was taken by british,
retaken by patriots, retaken by british, retaken by patriots. - Augusta
1782- _____________ retook Savannah. - Patriots
Gov't during revolution: ____________ and _____________ of 1776;
followed by the 1st state constitution in _______. - Rules and Regulations of 1776.
1777.
1781-1789: Georgia is a part of the Confederation of states under the ____________ of
____________________ - Articles of Confederation.
Capital moved to _______________ in 1786 along with more population moving to
interior. Settlers' desire for Indian land led to problems. - Augusta
1787- Georgia participated in _____________________ _________________.
Who signed it? - Constitutional Convention.
Abraham Baldwin and William Few,
1788- Georgia electors unanimously chose _______________ _________________ for
first president. Support for Constitution and stronger federal
government related to Indian lands. - George Washington
GUARANTEE A+ 2025
What was GA considered from 1752-1775? - Royal Colony
Characteristics of being a royal colony - -Dev. of slavery and plantation system
-rice culture along coast
-fur trade in back country
-new gov't w/ royal governor, Governor's Council, elected Commons House of
Assembly
-events leading up to Revolution, including GA's reaction to events in other colonies
-GA was younger, weaker, and had closer ties to England->slower to action
-only colony with no representative at the 1st Continental Congress
-attended 2nd Cont. Congress
-3 Georgians signed Dec. Of Independence
1763-1775: opened back country to farmers - Indian Land Cessions
Who signed the Declaration of Independence from Georgia? - George Walton, Lyman
Hall, and Button Gwinnett
first European to explore the interior of what is now the state of Georgia - Hernando De
Soto
Founding Trustee of GA; conceived of and implemented his plan to establish the colony
of Georgia. It was through his initiatives in England in 1732 that the British government
authorized the establishment of its first new colony in North America in more than five
decades - James Oglethorpe
Known as Coosaponakeesa among the Creek Indians; served as a cultural liaison
between colonial Georgia and her Native American community - Mary Musgrove
chief of the Yamacraw Indians; principal mediator between the native population and
the new English settlers during the first years of settlement, he contributed much to the
establishment of peaceful relations between the two groups and to the ultimate success
of Georgia - Tomochichi
migrated from England to Savannah in 1737 to serve as secretary of Trustee Georgia;
served in the office of president from 1741 to 1751 - William Stephens
captain in the British royal navy; served as Georgia's first royal governor from late 1754
to early 1757 - John Reynolds
second royal governor of Georgia, has been called "Georgia's second founder." - Henry
Ellis
, the third and last royal governor of Georgia, serving from 1760 to 1782, with a brief
interruption early in the American Revolution (1775-83) - James Wright
1775-1778: Fighting in Georgia between ______________ and _____________. -
Patriots (Whigs) and Loyalists (Tories)
1776- Battle of _______ ________ where the royal gov't fell;
also called the Battle of Yamacraw Bluff; land and naval battle of the American
Revolutionary War that took place in and around the Savannah River on the border
between the Province of Georgia and the Province of South Carolina. The battle pitted
the Patriot militia from Georgia and South Carolina against a small fleet of the Royal
Navy. - Rice Boats
December 1778 British capture of ________________. (Re-establishment of royal gov't)
- Savannah.
1779- patriot victory at _____________ _____________ and defeat at _________
__________ - Kettle Creek.
Briar Creek.
1779- French/Patriot siege of ________________ failed - Savannah
1779-1780 Patriots retreated to _____________. This place was taken by british,
retaken by patriots, retaken by british, retaken by patriots. - Augusta
1782- _____________ retook Savannah. - Patriots
Gov't during revolution: ____________ and _____________ of 1776;
followed by the 1st state constitution in _______. - Rules and Regulations of 1776.
1777.
1781-1789: Georgia is a part of the Confederation of states under the ____________ of
____________________ - Articles of Confederation.
Capital moved to _______________ in 1786 along with more population moving to
interior. Settlers' desire for Indian land led to problems. - Augusta
1787- Georgia participated in _____________________ _________________.
Who signed it? - Constitutional Convention.
Abraham Baldwin and William Few,
1788- Georgia electors unanimously chose _______________ _________________ for
first president. Support for Constitution and stronger federal
government related to Indian lands. - George Washington
