KSU GA HISTORY EXEMPTION TEST
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
. Georgia History: Overview - ANSWERGeorgia 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 - ANSWERa 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.
Difference between elites and commoners in chiefdoms - ANSWERrested more on
ideological and religious beliefs than on such things as wealth or military power.
Purpose of mounds in Mississippian culture - ANSWERcapitals of chiefdoms, platforms
for buildings, as stages for religious and social activities, and as cemeteries.
Hernando de Soto - ANSWERThe 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 - ANSWERthe primary means by which Georgia's chiefdoms were
assimilated into the Spanish colonial system
five friars were murdered in the Guale rebellion of 1597, northern missions were
abandoned completely until 1604.
James Oglethorpe (1696-1785) - ANSWERConceived of and implemented his plan to
establish the colony of Georgia.
Yamacraw Indians - ANSWERa 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.
, Malcontents - ANSWERAmong those to voice displeasure with the policies of General
James Oglethorpe and the Georgia Trustees during the early years of Georgia's
settlement.
Lead by:
Patrick Tailfer
Thomas Stephens.
Tomochichi - ANSWERchief of the Yamacraw Indians, principal mediator between the
native population and the new English settlers during the first years of settlement
Royal Georgia - ANSWERThe period between the termination of Trustee governance of
Georgia and the colony's declaration of independence at the beginning of the American
Revolution
Battle of Bloody Marsh - ANSWERThis event was the only Spanish attempt to invade
Georgia during the War of Jenkins' Ear, and it resulted in a significant ENGLISH
VICTORY.
English and Spanish forces skirmished on St. Simons Island
James Wright - ANSWERThe 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 - ANSWERa group of German-speaking Protestant colonists, founded the
town of Ebenezer in what is now Effingham County.
Rice - ANSWERGeorgia'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.
Mary Musgrove (ca. 1700-ca. 1763) - ANSWERKnown as Coosaponakeesa among the
Creek Indians, served as a cultural liaison between colonial Georgia and her Native
American community in the mid-eighteenth century.
Revolutionary War in Georgia - ANSWERThe 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 (1735-1777) - ANSWERone 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.
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
. Georgia History: Overview - ANSWERGeorgia 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 - ANSWERa 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.
Difference between elites and commoners in chiefdoms - ANSWERrested more on
ideological and religious beliefs than on such things as wealth or military power.
Purpose of mounds in Mississippian culture - ANSWERcapitals of chiefdoms, platforms
for buildings, as stages for religious and social activities, and as cemeteries.
Hernando de Soto - ANSWERThe 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 - ANSWERthe primary means by which Georgia's chiefdoms were
assimilated into the Spanish colonial system
five friars were murdered in the Guale rebellion of 1597, northern missions were
abandoned completely until 1604.
James Oglethorpe (1696-1785) - ANSWERConceived of and implemented his plan to
establish the colony of Georgia.
Yamacraw Indians - ANSWERa 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.
, Malcontents - ANSWERAmong those to voice displeasure with the policies of General
James Oglethorpe and the Georgia Trustees during the early years of Georgia's
settlement.
Lead by:
Patrick Tailfer
Thomas Stephens.
Tomochichi - ANSWERchief of the Yamacraw Indians, principal mediator between the
native population and the new English settlers during the first years of settlement
Royal Georgia - ANSWERThe period between the termination of Trustee governance of
Georgia and the colony's declaration of independence at the beginning of the American
Revolution
Battle of Bloody Marsh - ANSWERThis event was the only Spanish attempt to invade
Georgia during the War of Jenkins' Ear, and it resulted in a significant ENGLISH
VICTORY.
English and Spanish forces skirmished on St. Simons Island
James Wright - ANSWERThe 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 - ANSWERa group of German-speaking Protestant colonists, founded the
town of Ebenezer in what is now Effingham County.
Rice - ANSWERGeorgia'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.
Mary Musgrove (ca. 1700-ca. 1763) - ANSWERKnown as Coosaponakeesa among the
Creek Indians, served as a cultural liaison between colonial Georgia and her Native
American community in the mid-eighteenth century.
Revolutionary War in Georgia - ANSWERThe 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 (1735-1777) - ANSWERone 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.
