KSU GA HISTORY EXEMPTION TEST
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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.
Difference between elites and commoners in chiefdoms - ANSWER rested more on
ideological and religious beliefs than on such things as wealth or military power.
Purpose of mounds in Mississippian culture - ANSWER capitals of chiefdoms, platforms
for buildings, as stages for religious and social activities, and as cemeteries.
Hernando de Soto - 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 the 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) - ANSWER Conceived of and implemented his plan to
establish the colony of Georgia.
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.
, 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.
Lead by:
Patrick Tailfer
Thomas Stephens.
Tomochichi - ANSWER chief of the Yamacraw Indians, principal mediator between the
native population and the new English settlers during the first years of settlement
Royal Georgia - ANSWER The 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 - ANSWER This 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
Cherokee Removal - ANSWER In 1838 and 1839 U.S. troops, prompted by the state of
Georgia, expelled the Cherokee Indians from their ancestral homeland in the Southeast
and removed them to the Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma. Product of the
demand for arable land during the rampant growth of cotton agriculture in the
Southeast, the discovery of gold on Cherokee land, and the racial prejudice that many
white southerners harbored toward American Indians.
Gold Rush - ANSWER late 1829 north Georgia, known at the time as the Cherokee
Nation, was flooded by thousands of prospectors lusting for gold. Niles' Register
reported in the spring of 1830 that there were four thousand miners working along
Yahoola Creek alone.
Cotton - ANSWER From the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century, there was no
more important single factor in Georgia's agricultural economy
William Harris Crawford - ANSWER A two-time U.S. presidential nominee and the only
Georgian to run for the presidency prior to Jimmy Carter
best known nationally for his 1824 bid for the presidency, the most controversial
presidential election
served as a U.S. senator, cabinet member under two presidents, and foreign diplomat.
John Ross - ANSWER principal chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1827, following the
establishment of a government modeled on that of the United States
CORRECT 100%
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.
Difference between elites and commoners in chiefdoms - ANSWER rested more on
ideological and religious beliefs than on such things as wealth or military power.
Purpose of mounds in Mississippian culture - ANSWER capitals of chiefdoms, platforms
for buildings, as stages for religious and social activities, and as cemeteries.
Hernando de Soto - 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 the 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) - ANSWER Conceived of and implemented his plan to
establish the colony of Georgia.
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.
, 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.
Lead by:
Patrick Tailfer
Thomas Stephens.
Tomochichi - ANSWER chief of the Yamacraw Indians, principal mediator between the
native population and the new English settlers during the first years of settlement
Royal Georgia - ANSWER The 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 - ANSWER This 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
Cherokee Removal - ANSWER In 1838 and 1839 U.S. troops, prompted by the state of
Georgia, expelled the Cherokee Indians from their ancestral homeland in the Southeast
and removed them to the Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma. Product of the
demand for arable land during the rampant growth of cotton agriculture in the
Southeast, the discovery of gold on Cherokee land, and the racial prejudice that many
white southerners harbored toward American Indians.
Gold Rush - ANSWER late 1829 north Georgia, known at the time as the Cherokee
Nation, was flooded by thousands of prospectors lusting for gold. Niles' Register
reported in the spring of 1830 that there were four thousand miners working along
Yahoola Creek alone.
Cotton - ANSWER From the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century, there was no
more important single factor in Georgia's agricultural economy
William Harris Crawford - ANSWER A two-time U.S. presidential nominee and the only
Georgian to run for the presidency prior to Jimmy Carter
best known nationally for his 1824 bid for the presidency, the most controversial
presidential election
served as a U.S. senator, cabinet member under two presidents, and foreign diplomat.
John Ross - ANSWER principal chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1827, following the
establishment of a government modeled on that of the United States
