US & GA History Exemption Exam (UGA) Already Passed

US & GA History Exemption Exam (UGA) Already Passed 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 ️️ - 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