UGA US & GA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM
In what year was Georgia established? - Answer -1732
When did settlement take place in Savannah? - Answer -1733
How long was Georgia in existence before there was a governor or governing body
within the colony itself? - Answer -Two decades
Who ruled Georgia in the beginning? - Answer -Board of Trustees
Define: Board of Trustees - Answer -The governing body of Georgia in London
England. King George signed a charter establishing the colony and creating its
governing board
What years is Georgia referred to as "Trustee Georgia"? - Answer -1732 - 1752
What were four things that were outlawed when Georgia was founded? - Answer -
slavery, rum, lawyers, and Catholics
Who was the impetus behind Georgia's founding? - Answer -James Edward Ogelthorpe
Battle of Bloody Marsh - Answer -On St. Simons Island between the English and the
Spanish. It was an attempt of the Spanish to invade Georgia
Who from Georgia signed the Declaration of Independence? - Answer -Button
Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton
Who from Georgia signed the US Constitution? - Answer -Abraham Baldwin and
William Few Jr.
Which state was Georgia to enter the Union when it ratified the Constitution in 1788? -
Answer -Fourth
What was the most serious military confrontation between British and American troops?
- Answer -Siege of Savannah in 1779
Where was the capital moved to and from in 1779? - Answer -Savannah to Augusta
Battle of Kettle Creek - Answer -Took place in Wilkes County
Nancy Hart - Answer -a female patriot and spy credited with killing several Tories at her
home
When was the ban on slavery in Georgia lifted? - Answer -1752
, Eli Whitney - Answer -inventor of the cotton gin
Yazoo land fraud - Answer -1795, the sale of western land to four land companies after
the governor and members of the General Assembly had been bribed / land companies
bribed GA leaders to sell land cheaply; resulted in U.S. take-over of disputed land
James Edward Ogelthorpe - Answer -The leader of English Parliament who founded
the Georgia colony, in order to create an effective buffer from the Spanish and Spanish
controlled Florida.
University of Georgia - Answer -Founded in 1785, first university in the nation
established by a state government
Wesleyan College - Answer -Established in Macon in 1836, the first degree-granting
women's college in the world
Trail of Tears - Answer -The Cherokees forced exile from the states northewestern
territory in 1838 - 1839. It became a symbol of the trauma and suffering all experienced
What was Georgia referred to as by the 1860s? - Answer -"Empire State of the South"
Which state was Georgia out of all the states to secede from the Union? - Answer -fifth
Howell Cobb - Answer -in control of the Confederacy's organizing convention
Thomas R. R. Cobb - Answer -primary author of the Confederate Constitution
William T. Sherman - Answer -known for his military campaign "March to the Sea" in
which he marched from Atlanta to Savannah for his final siege. His troops burned barns
and houses, and destroyed the countryside. His march showed a shift in the belief that
only military targets should be destroyed. Civilian centers could also be targets
Reconstruction - Answer -the period after the Civil War in the United States when the
southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
Freedmen's Bureau - Answer -established by Congress to aid African Americans
undergoing the transition from slavery to freedom in the aftermath of the Civil War
Klu Klux Klan - Answer -Terrorist organization devoted to racial inequality, suffering and
evil, established 1868
Governor James Jackson - Answer -Overturned the Yazoo Act; elected to First
Congress; lost reelection
In what year was Georgia established? - Answer -1732
When did settlement take place in Savannah? - Answer -1733
How long was Georgia in existence before there was a governor or governing body
within the colony itself? - Answer -Two decades
Who ruled Georgia in the beginning? - Answer -Board of Trustees
Define: Board of Trustees - Answer -The governing body of Georgia in London
England. King George signed a charter establishing the colony and creating its
governing board
What years is Georgia referred to as "Trustee Georgia"? - Answer -1732 - 1752
What were four things that were outlawed when Georgia was founded? - Answer -
slavery, rum, lawyers, and Catholics
Who was the impetus behind Georgia's founding? - Answer -James Edward Ogelthorpe
Battle of Bloody Marsh - Answer -On St. Simons Island between the English and the
Spanish. It was an attempt of the Spanish to invade Georgia
Who from Georgia signed the Declaration of Independence? - Answer -Button
Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton
Who from Georgia signed the US Constitution? - Answer -Abraham Baldwin and
William Few Jr.
Which state was Georgia to enter the Union when it ratified the Constitution in 1788? -
Answer -Fourth
What was the most serious military confrontation between British and American troops?
- Answer -Siege of Savannah in 1779
Where was the capital moved to and from in 1779? - Answer -Savannah to Augusta
Battle of Kettle Creek - Answer -Took place in Wilkes County
Nancy Hart - Answer -a female patriot and spy credited with killing several Tories at her
home
When was the ban on slavery in Georgia lifted? - Answer -1752
, Eli Whitney - Answer -inventor of the cotton gin
Yazoo land fraud - Answer -1795, the sale of western land to four land companies after
the governor and members of the General Assembly had been bribed / land companies
bribed GA leaders to sell land cheaply; resulted in U.S. take-over of disputed land
James Edward Ogelthorpe - Answer -The leader of English Parliament who founded
the Georgia colony, in order to create an effective buffer from the Spanish and Spanish
controlled Florida.
University of Georgia - Answer -Founded in 1785, first university in the nation
established by a state government
Wesleyan College - Answer -Established in Macon in 1836, the first degree-granting
women's college in the world
Trail of Tears - Answer -The Cherokees forced exile from the states northewestern
territory in 1838 - 1839. It became a symbol of the trauma and suffering all experienced
What was Georgia referred to as by the 1860s? - Answer -"Empire State of the South"
Which state was Georgia out of all the states to secede from the Union? - Answer -fifth
Howell Cobb - Answer -in control of the Confederacy's organizing convention
Thomas R. R. Cobb - Answer -primary author of the Confederate Constitution
William T. Sherman - Answer -known for his military campaign "March to the Sea" in
which he marched from Atlanta to Savannah for his final siege. His troops burned barns
and houses, and destroyed the countryside. His march showed a shift in the belief that
only military targets should be destroyed. Civilian centers could also be targets
Reconstruction - Answer -the period after the Civil War in the United States when the
southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
Freedmen's Bureau - Answer -established by Congress to aid African Americans
undergoing the transition from slavery to freedom in the aftermath of the Civil War
Klu Klux Klan - Answer -Terrorist organization devoted to racial inequality, suffering and
evil, established 1868
Governor James Jackson - Answer -Overturned the Yazoo Act; elected to First
Congress; lost reelection
