US & GA History Exemption Exam (UGA) with Complete
Solution!!!
In what year was Georgia established? - ✔️✔️-1732
When did settlement take place in Savannah? - ✔️✔️-1733
How long was Georgia in existence before there was a governor or governing body
within the colony itself? - ✔️✔️-Two decades
Who ruled Georgia in the beginning? - ✔️✔️-Board of Trustees
Define: Board of Trustees - ✔️✔️-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"? - ✔️✔️-1732 - 1752
What were four things that were outlawed when Georgia was founded? - ✔️✔️-slavery,
rum, lawyers, and Catholics
Who was the impetus behind Georgia's founding? - ✔️✔️-James Edward Ogelthorpe
Battle of Bloody Marsh - ✔️✔️-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? - ✔️✔️-Button Gwinnett,
Lyman Hall, and George Walton
Who from Georgia signed the US Constitution? - ✔️✔️-Abraham Baldwin and William
Few Jr.
Which state was Georgia to enter the Union when it ratified the Constitution in 1788? -
✔️✔️-Fourth
, What was the most serious military confrontation between British and American troops?
- ✔️✔️-Siege of Savannah in 1779
Where was the capital moved to and from in 1779? - ✔️✔️-Savannah to Augusta
Battle of Kettle Creek - ✔️✔️-Took place in Wilkes County
Nancy Hart - ✔️✔️-a female patriot and spy credited with killing several Tories at her
home
When was the ban on slavery in Georgia lifted? - ✔️✔️-1752
Eli Whitney - ✔️✔️-inventor of the cotton gin
Yazoo land fraud - ✔️✔️-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 - ✔️✔️-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 - ✔️✔️-Founded in 1785, first university in the nation established
by a state government
Wesleyan College - ✔️✔️-Established in Macon in 1836, the first degree-granting
women's college in the world
Trail of Tears - ✔️✔️-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? - ✔️✔️-"Empire State of the South"
Which state was Georgia out of all the states to secede from the Union? - ✔️✔️-fifth
Solution!!!
In what year was Georgia established? - ✔️✔️-1732
When did settlement take place in Savannah? - ✔️✔️-1733
How long was Georgia in existence before there was a governor or governing body
within the colony itself? - ✔️✔️-Two decades
Who ruled Georgia in the beginning? - ✔️✔️-Board of Trustees
Define: Board of Trustees - ✔️✔️-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"? - ✔️✔️-1732 - 1752
What were four things that were outlawed when Georgia was founded? - ✔️✔️-slavery,
rum, lawyers, and Catholics
Who was the impetus behind Georgia's founding? - ✔️✔️-James Edward Ogelthorpe
Battle of Bloody Marsh - ✔️✔️-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? - ✔️✔️-Button Gwinnett,
Lyman Hall, and George Walton
Who from Georgia signed the US Constitution? - ✔️✔️-Abraham Baldwin and William
Few Jr.
Which state was Georgia to enter the Union when it ratified the Constitution in 1788? -
✔️✔️-Fourth
, What was the most serious military confrontation between British and American troops?
- ✔️✔️-Siege of Savannah in 1779
Where was the capital moved to and from in 1779? - ✔️✔️-Savannah to Augusta
Battle of Kettle Creek - ✔️✔️-Took place in Wilkes County
Nancy Hart - ✔️✔️-a female patriot and spy credited with killing several Tories at her
home
When was the ban on slavery in Georgia lifted? - ✔️✔️-1752
Eli Whitney - ✔️✔️-inventor of the cotton gin
Yazoo land fraud - ✔️✔️-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 - ✔️✔️-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 - ✔️✔️-Founded in 1785, first university in the nation established
by a state government
Wesleyan College - ✔️✔️-Established in Macon in 1836, the first degree-granting
women's college in the world
Trail of Tears - ✔️✔️-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? - ✔️✔️-"Empire State of the South"
Which state was Georgia out of all the states to secede from the Union? - ✔️✔️-fifth
