GA history exemption exam
Georgia History: overview - Answer-Georgia was the last of the thirteen colonies to be founded. Its
formation came a half century after the twelfth British colony.Georgia was the only colony founded and
ruled by a Board of Trustees, which was based in London.
Mississippian Period: overview - Answer-(A.D. 800-1600), complex native cultures, organized as
chiefdoms, emerged and developed lifeways in response to the particular features of their physical
surroundings.
chiefdoms - Answer-a specific kind of human social organization with social ranking as a fundamental
part of their structure. In ranked societies people belonged to one of two groupings, elites or
commoners.
elites vs commoners - Answer-rested more on ideological and religious beliefs than on such things as
wealth or military
Purpose of mounds in Mississippian culture - Answer-capitals of chiefdoms, platforms for buildings, as
stages for religious and social activities, and as cemeteries.
Who was Georgia named after? - Answer-King George II
Hernando de soto in georgia - Answer-The first European to explore the interior of what is now the state
of Georgia
discovered the true way the Indians lived, but devastated their societies with the plague and small pox
,spanish missions - Answer-Located on Georgia's barrier islands established to convert Native Americans
to Christianity Located near Native American village centers (where the most people were) required
Native Americans to provide labor to the Spanish
James Oglethorpe - Answer-Founder and governor of the Georgia colony. He ran a tightly-disciplined,
military-like colony. Slaves, alcohol, and Catholicism were forbidden in his colony. Many colonists felt
that Oglethorpe 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 Oglethorpe to lose his position as governor.
What did oglethrop envision georgia to be - Answer-a refuge for the debtors who crowded london
prisons
Yamacraw Indians - Answer-a small band that existed from the late 1720s to the mid-1740s in the
Savannah area. First led by Tomochichi and then by his nephew and heir Toonahowi, they consisted of
about 200 people and contained a mix of Lower Creeks and Yamasees. worked with oglethorpe
malcontents - Answer-Among those to voice displeasure with the policies of General James Oglethorpe
and the Georgia Trustees during the early years of Georgia's settlement
Led by:Patrick Tailfer Thomas Stephens.
Tomochichi - Answer-cheif of the yamacraw indians and acted as a mediator between the native people
and the new english settlers
Royal Georgia - Answer-refers to the period between the termination of Trustee governance of Georgia
and the colony's declaration of independence at the beginning of the American Revolution (1775-83).
Battle of Bloody Marsh - Answer-On July 7, 1742, English and Spanish forces skirmished on St. Simons
Island in an encounter later known as the Battle of Bloody Marsh.
, This event was the only Spanish attempt to invade Georgia during the War of Jenkins' Ear, and it
resulted in a significant English victory. General James Oglethorpe redeemed his reputation from his
defeat at St. Augustine, Florida
First three royal governors of georgia - Answer-John Reynolds, Henry Ellis, James Wright
James Wright - Answer-The third and LAST royal governor of Georgia. Played a key role in retarding the
flame of revolution in Georgia long after it had flared violently in every other colony.
Salzburgers - Answer-a group of Protestants from Austria who were invited to settle in Georgia due to
religious persecution they were experiencing in Europe; established the towns of Ebenezer and New
Ebenezer; were some of the most successful colonists.
a group of German-speaking Protestant colonists, founded the town of Ebenezer in what is now
Effingham County.
rice - Answer-Georgia's first staple crop, the most important commercial agricultural commodity in the
Lowcountry from the middle of the eighteenth century until the early twentieth century.
revolutionary war in georgia - Answer-The colony had prospered under royal rule, and many Georgians
thought that they needed the protection of British troops against a possible Indian attack. Georgia did
not send representatives to the First Continental Congress that met in Philadelphia,
Button Gwinnett - Answer-one of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence. He served
in Georgia's colonial legislature, in the Second Continental Congress, and as president of Georgia's
Revolutionary Council of Safety.
who were the three georgians to sign the decloration - Answer-george walton, lymen hall, and button
gwinnett
Georgia History: overview - Answer-Georgia was the last of the thirteen colonies to be founded. Its
formation came a half century after the twelfth British colony.Georgia was the only colony founded and
ruled by a Board of Trustees, which was based in London.
Mississippian Period: overview - Answer-(A.D. 800-1600), complex native cultures, organized as
chiefdoms, emerged and developed lifeways in response to the particular features of their physical
surroundings.
chiefdoms - Answer-a specific kind of human social organization with social ranking as a fundamental
part of their structure. In ranked societies people belonged to one of two groupings, elites or
commoners.
elites vs commoners - Answer-rested more on ideological and religious beliefs than on such things as
wealth or military
Purpose of mounds in Mississippian culture - Answer-capitals of chiefdoms, platforms for buildings, as
stages for religious and social activities, and as cemeteries.
Who was Georgia named after? - Answer-King George II
Hernando de soto in georgia - Answer-The first European to explore the interior of what is now the state
of Georgia
discovered the true way the Indians lived, but devastated their societies with the plague and small pox
,spanish missions - Answer-Located on Georgia's barrier islands established to convert Native Americans
to Christianity Located near Native American village centers (where the most people were) required
Native Americans to provide labor to the Spanish
James Oglethorpe - Answer-Founder and governor of the Georgia colony. He ran a tightly-disciplined,
military-like colony. Slaves, alcohol, and Catholicism were forbidden in his colony. Many colonists felt
that Oglethorpe 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 Oglethorpe to lose his position as governor.
What did oglethrop envision georgia to be - Answer-a refuge for the debtors who crowded london
prisons
Yamacraw Indians - Answer-a small band that existed from the late 1720s to the mid-1740s in the
Savannah area. First led by Tomochichi and then by his nephew and heir Toonahowi, they consisted of
about 200 people and contained a mix of Lower Creeks and Yamasees. worked with oglethorpe
malcontents - Answer-Among those to voice displeasure with the policies of General James Oglethorpe
and the Georgia Trustees during the early years of Georgia's settlement
Led by:Patrick Tailfer Thomas Stephens.
Tomochichi - Answer-cheif of the yamacraw indians and acted as a mediator between the native people
and the new english settlers
Royal Georgia - Answer-refers to the period between the termination of Trustee governance of Georgia
and the colony's declaration of independence at the beginning of the American Revolution (1775-83).
Battle of Bloody Marsh - Answer-On July 7, 1742, English and Spanish forces skirmished on St. Simons
Island in an encounter later known as the Battle of Bloody Marsh.
, This event was the only Spanish attempt to invade Georgia during the War of Jenkins' Ear, and it
resulted in a significant English victory. General James Oglethorpe redeemed his reputation from his
defeat at St. Augustine, Florida
First three royal governors of georgia - Answer-John Reynolds, Henry Ellis, James Wright
James Wright - Answer-The third and LAST royal governor of Georgia. Played a key role in retarding the
flame of revolution in Georgia long after it had flared violently in every other colony.
Salzburgers - Answer-a group of Protestants from Austria who were invited to settle in Georgia due to
religious persecution they were experiencing in Europe; established the towns of Ebenezer and New
Ebenezer; were some of the most successful colonists.
a group of German-speaking Protestant colonists, founded the town of Ebenezer in what is now
Effingham County.
rice - Answer-Georgia's first staple crop, the most important commercial agricultural commodity in the
Lowcountry from the middle of the eighteenth century until the early twentieth century.
revolutionary war in georgia - Answer-The colony had prospered under royal rule, and many Georgians
thought that they needed the protection of British troops against a possible Indian attack. Georgia did
not send representatives to the First Continental Congress that met in Philadelphia,
Button Gwinnett - Answer-one of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence. He served
in Georgia's colonial legislature, in the Second Continental Congress, and as president of Georgia's
Revolutionary Council of Safety.
who were the three georgians to sign the decloration - Answer-george walton, lymen hall, and button
gwinnett
