GA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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
who were the three georgians to sign the decloration - ANSWER george walton, lymen
hall, and button gwinnett
Lachlan McIntosh - ANSWER a member of a prominent eighteenth-century Scottish
Highland family that was among the earliest settlers of the Georgia colony, played an
important role in the cause of American independence.
Mary Musgrove - ANSWER Known as Coosaponakeesa among the Creek Indians,
served as a cultural liaison between colonial Georgia and her Native American
community in the mid-eighteenth century. father was an english trader while her mother
was a creek indian.
Yazoo Land Fraud - ANSWER In 1789 the legislature sold about 25 million acres to
three companies, only to torpedo the sale six months later by insisting that payment be
made in gold and silver rather than in depreciated paper currency.
Major Ridge - ANSWER The Cherokee leader is primarily known for signing the Treaty
of New Echota (1835), which led to the Trail of Tears. Before this tragic period in
Cherokee history, however, he was one of the most prominent leaders of the Cherokee
nation.
Eli Whitney in georgia - ANSWER Invented the cotton gin in Georgia. This
revolutionized the southern economy and deepened the region's commitment to slave
labor and ultimately placed the country on the path to the Civil War (1861-65).
Nancy Hart - ANSWER Georgia's most acclaimed female participant during the
Revolutionary War (1775-83). A devout patriot, Hart gained notoriety during the
revolution for her determined efforts to rid the area of Tories, English soldiers, and
British sympathizers.
Slavery in Revolutionary Georgia - ANSWER The American Revolution (1775-83)
probably affected both the system of slavery and the lives of enslaved individuals more
in Georgia than in any other British colony. The disruption of the war offered the
prospect of freedom to many thousands of slaves, but ultimately the reestablishment of
the plantation economy after 1782 ensured that general emancipation remained a hope
rather than a reality.
War of 18212 and Georgia - ANSWER The Creek War of 1813-1814, The War of 1812
had lasting effects on Georgia. The freeing of slaves by the British occupation became a
legal issue for years after the treaty ratification. Towns like Sunbury suffered a
tremendous decline because of the damage inflicted on Georgia's coastal trading fleet
by the British blockade, and the question of what to do with lands ceded by the Creeks
and other tribes would lead to major debates over state land policy.
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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
who were the three georgians to sign the decloration - ANSWER george walton, lymen
hall, and button gwinnett
Lachlan McIntosh - ANSWER a member of a prominent eighteenth-century Scottish
Highland family that was among the earliest settlers of the Georgia colony, played an
important role in the cause of American independence.
Mary Musgrove - ANSWER Known as Coosaponakeesa among the Creek Indians,
served as a cultural liaison between colonial Georgia and her Native American
community in the mid-eighteenth century. father was an english trader while her mother
was a creek indian.
Yazoo Land Fraud - ANSWER In 1789 the legislature sold about 25 million acres to
three companies, only to torpedo the sale six months later by insisting that payment be
made in gold and silver rather than in depreciated paper currency.
Major Ridge - ANSWER The Cherokee leader is primarily known for signing the Treaty
of New Echota (1835), which led to the Trail of Tears. Before this tragic period in
Cherokee history, however, he was one of the most prominent leaders of the Cherokee
nation.
Eli Whitney in georgia - ANSWER Invented the cotton gin in Georgia. This
revolutionized the southern economy and deepened the region's commitment to slave
labor and ultimately placed the country on the path to the Civil War (1861-65).
Nancy Hart - ANSWER Georgia's most acclaimed female participant during the
Revolutionary War (1775-83). A devout patriot, Hart gained notoriety during the
revolution for her determined efforts to rid the area of Tories, English soldiers, and
British sympathizers.
Slavery in Revolutionary Georgia - ANSWER The American Revolution (1775-83)
probably affected both the system of slavery and the lives of enslaved individuals more
in Georgia than in any other British colony. The disruption of the war offered the
prospect of freedom to many thousands of slaves, but ultimately the reestablishment of
the plantation economy after 1782 ensured that general emancipation remained a hope
rather than a reality.
War of 18212 and Georgia - ANSWER The Creek War of 1813-1814, The War of 1812
had lasting effects on Georgia. The freeing of slaves by the British occupation became a
legal issue for years after the treaty ratification. Towns like Sunbury suffered a
tremendous decline because of the damage inflicted on Georgia's coastal trading fleet
by the British blockade, and the question of what to do with lands ceded by the Creeks
and other tribes would lead to major debates over state land policy.
