GCSU GA HISTORY EXAM SCRIPT 2026 TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ Which was NOT an important reason for the founding of Georgia in
1733. Answer: To provide a place to send debtors and other convicts to
get them out of Britain (Important reasons: wanted to provide new start
for Britain's poor, defense buffer between Spanish, and wanted GA to fit
into British mercantilism)
◉ Significance of battle of Bloody Marsh in 1740's during War of
Jenkins' Ear was that it ended in chances for. Answer: Spanish
(significant English victory)
◉ Georgia was founded by. Answer: King George II
◉ Most influential person in founding and settling of GA. Answer:
James Oglethorpe
◉ Raw materials that the English government wanted colonial Georgia
to produce. Answer: Silk, indigo, wine
, ◉ Which is true of Georgia in American Revolution. Answer: Savannah
fell to British by end of 1778
◉ During earlier phase of American Revolution, Georgia unsuccessfully
tried to launch attacks against. Answer: Royal governor in Savannah
◉ Georgia lost its western land, now Alabama and Mississippi, because
of. Answer: Yazoo Land Fraud
◉ Major croup introduced in Georgia back country. Answer: Rice
◉ After 1803, most Georgia's land was granted by. Answer: Land lottery
system/the headright system
◉ Georgia Indians who began to adopt Euro American civilization in the
1800 were. Answer: Cherokee
◉ In the Antebellum period, Georgia decided to base most of its
transportations system on. Answer: Railroads
◉ One of the few emerging industries in antebellum Georgia was.
Answer: Textiles
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ Which was NOT an important reason for the founding of Georgia in
1733. Answer: To provide a place to send debtors and other convicts to
get them out of Britain (Important reasons: wanted to provide new start
for Britain's poor, defense buffer between Spanish, and wanted GA to fit
into British mercantilism)
◉ Significance of battle of Bloody Marsh in 1740's during War of
Jenkins' Ear was that it ended in chances for. Answer: Spanish
(significant English victory)
◉ Georgia was founded by. Answer: King George II
◉ Most influential person in founding and settling of GA. Answer:
James Oglethorpe
◉ Raw materials that the English government wanted colonial Georgia
to produce. Answer: Silk, indigo, wine
, ◉ Which is true of Georgia in American Revolution. Answer: Savannah
fell to British by end of 1778
◉ During earlier phase of American Revolution, Georgia unsuccessfully
tried to launch attacks against. Answer: Royal governor in Savannah
◉ Georgia lost its western land, now Alabama and Mississippi, because
of. Answer: Yazoo Land Fraud
◉ Major croup introduced in Georgia back country. Answer: Rice
◉ After 1803, most Georgia's land was granted by. Answer: Land lottery
system/the headright system
◉ Georgia Indians who began to adopt Euro American civilization in the
1800 were. Answer: Cherokee
◉ In the Antebellum period, Georgia decided to base most of its
transportations system on. Answer: Railroads
◉ One of the few emerging industries in antebellum Georgia was.
Answer: Textiles
