Georgia Odyssey by James C. Cobb
Exam Questions and Answers
True - ANSWER-True or false: Georgia started out anti-slavery (until 1750)
George Whitefield - ANSWER-The colony's leading minister of the gospel
1750 - ANSWER-Year proslavery advocates got their way
James Wright (1760-1776) - ANSWER-Royal governor (1760) who led the way for
Carolina-ization of Georgia
Carolina-zation - ANSWER-Played key role in growth if Georgia and expanded
production of rice & indigo
Rice and Indigo - ANSWER-(2) main exports of Georgia after Carolina-ization
Cracker - ANSWER-Socially superior whites - noisy, boasting - "cracking corn" and
"whip-crackers"
Georgia - ANSWER-Only colony to comply with Stamp Act (1765)
Stamp Act - ANSWER-1765; law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards,
documents, newspapers, etc.
1778 - ANSWER-British Forces occupied Savannah, Georgia
Georgia - ANSWER-Which was the 13th colony?
Nancy Morgan Hart - ANSWER-Cross-eyed; Made her house a refuge for patriots -
Defended her home and feigned submission to 6 Tories, cooked a meal, pushed
muskets out of the cracks in her wall,
Benjamin Hart - ANSWER-Nancy Morgan Hart's husband; "wimp" for suggesting
Tories be shot instead of hanged
December 12, 1912 - ANSWER-The 6 skeletons of Nancy Morgan Hart's story were
found
Elijah Clarke - ANSWER-Patriot leader for the Georgia militia during the Revolution;
led troops at Battle of Kettle Creek
Yazoo Land Fraud (1795) - ANSWER-Four land companies bribed legislators to
approve their acquisition of 35 million acres at the cost of only $500k
Governor James Jackson - ANSWER-Overturned Yazoo Act in 1802 which led way
to AL and MS; elected to First Congress
Exam Questions and Answers
True - ANSWER-True or false: Georgia started out anti-slavery (until 1750)
George Whitefield - ANSWER-The colony's leading minister of the gospel
1750 - ANSWER-Year proslavery advocates got their way
James Wright (1760-1776) - ANSWER-Royal governor (1760) who led the way for
Carolina-ization of Georgia
Carolina-zation - ANSWER-Played key role in growth if Georgia and expanded
production of rice & indigo
Rice and Indigo - ANSWER-(2) main exports of Georgia after Carolina-ization
Cracker - ANSWER-Socially superior whites - noisy, boasting - "cracking corn" and
"whip-crackers"
Georgia - ANSWER-Only colony to comply with Stamp Act (1765)
Stamp Act - ANSWER-1765; law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards,
documents, newspapers, etc.
1778 - ANSWER-British Forces occupied Savannah, Georgia
Georgia - ANSWER-Which was the 13th colony?
Nancy Morgan Hart - ANSWER-Cross-eyed; Made her house a refuge for patriots -
Defended her home and feigned submission to 6 Tories, cooked a meal, pushed
muskets out of the cracks in her wall,
Benjamin Hart - ANSWER-Nancy Morgan Hart's husband; "wimp" for suggesting
Tories be shot instead of hanged
December 12, 1912 - ANSWER-The 6 skeletons of Nancy Morgan Hart's story were
found
Elijah Clarke - ANSWER-Patriot leader for the Georgia militia during the Revolution;
led troops at Battle of Kettle Creek
Yazoo Land Fraud (1795) - ANSWER-Four land companies bribed legislators to
approve their acquisition of 35 million acres at the cost of only $500k
Governor James Jackson - ANSWER-Overturned Yazoo Act in 1802 which led way
to AL and MS; elected to First Congress
