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Georgia History Exam with 100% sure answers
Terms in this set (164)
Founding Trustee and Governor of the Georgia colony 1733
James Oglethorpe
Opposed slavery and respected GA Indian customs
Served as an interpreter between Oglethorpe and Tomochichi (she was part Native
Mary Musgrove
American and part British)
Chief of the Yamacraw who gave James Oglethorpe land for the Savannah
Tomochichi
settlement - Yamacraw Bluff
Secretary of the Trustee 1737 - supported Trustee policies, wrote "A State of the
William Stephens Province of GA"
Appointed President 1741-1751 - authority to grant land
First man to hold the title of Royal Governor in GA 1754
John Reynolds Was removed by the British Board of Trade in 1757 because of his dictatorial and
spendthrift ways
Second Royal Governor of GA - replaced John Reynolds in 1757
Henry Ellis Resigned in 1760 due to health reasons
He wore a thermometer
Third Royal Governor of GA 1760-1782 - fled when the American Revolution started
James Wright Played an instrumental role in two large land cessions for the state from Georgia's
Native American neighbors
"Morning Star of Liberty"
Noble Wimberly Jones Speaker of Commons, Whig (patriot) against British taxation
Member of convention that created the States Constitution in 1777
One of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence
George Walton
Elected Governor in 1779
One of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence
Lyman Hall
GA Governor 1783-1784
One of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence
Button Gwinnet
Was killed in a pistol duel with Lachlan McIntosh over the command of GA forces
Whig (patriot) In charge of defense during the Battle of Rice Boats in the Savannah
Lachlan McIntosh harbor in an effort to defend the city from British
Killed Button Gwinnett in a pistol duel over the command of GA forces
Led troops at Battle of Kettle Creek
Elijah Clarke Whig (patriot) leader for the Georgia militia during the Revolution
Commissioner for treaties with Native Americans
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, Torie (loyalist) who was defeated (against Elijah Clarke) in the Battle of Kettle Creek
Feb 1779 and victory pursuing Americans in the Battle of Briar Creek March 1779
Thomas Brown
restoring the royal government.
Opposed Sons of Liberty
Whig (patriot) supporter that killed one and wounded a second loyalists that came
Nancy Hart into her house to steal from her. The remaining loyalist were hung by her husband,
Benjamin Hart
Torie (loyalist) lieutenant colonel who captured Savannah in December 1778 and
Archibald Campbell
Augusta in January 1779 during the American Revolution
French ally to General Benjamin Lincoln (Continental Commander) that tried
Count Charles Henri d'Estaing unsuccessfully to recapture Savannah in "the Seige of Savannah" the second
deadliest battle during the Revolutionary war in 1779
Overturned the Yazoo land fraud of 1795 Served in the Georgia militia in the
American Revolutionary War; served at the defense of Savannah, the Battle of
James Jackson
Cowpens, and the recapture of Augusta and Savannah An early GA politician of the
Democrat-Republican Party
General "Mad" sent by General Nathanael Greene to push the British out of Savannah
1782
Anthony Wayne Defeated James Jackson for reelection to Congress in 1791, but voting irregularities
on the part of his supporters found that he did not win fairly
Negotiated peace treaties with both the Creek and the Cherokee
Nathanael Greene General of the Revolutionary War, his leadership freed Georgia from British forces
Colonel sent by General Nathanael Greene to support the revolutionaries as they
Henry Light-horse Harry Lee
pushed the British out of Augusta 1781
Founder of UGA in 1785 by creating a statewide educational and funding program
US Senator
Abraham Baldwin One of four Georgia delegates to the constitutional convention of 1777 and one of
two that signed the GA Constitution
Signed the US Constitution in 1787
Fought in the Battle of Burke County Jail
One of four Georgia delegates to the constitutional convention of 1777 and one of
William Few
two that signed the GA Constitution
Signed the US Constitution in 1787
Governor 1787-1788
George Mathews Signed the Yazoo Act in January 1795
Known for shady land deals in GA
Captain in the GA Militia - fought in the Battle of Kettle Creek and in Augusta, 1787
John Clarke
militia victory over the Creek Indians at Jack's Creek Governor 1819-1823
Negotiated the Treaty of Indian Springs that authorized the sale of all of the
remaining Creek lands to the US
George Troup
Successful removal of the Creek Indians from the state with state militia forces
Governor 1823-1827
Second President of UGA
Josiah Meigs
Implemented the state's first physics curriculum
Inventor of the cotton gin that revolutionized the southern economy in Mulberry
Eli Whitney
Grove Plantation near Savannah
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Georgia History Exam with 100% sure answers
Terms in this set (164)
Founding Trustee and Governor of the Georgia colony 1733
James Oglethorpe
Opposed slavery and respected GA Indian customs
Served as an interpreter between Oglethorpe and Tomochichi (she was part Native
Mary Musgrove
American and part British)
Chief of the Yamacraw who gave James Oglethorpe land for the Savannah
Tomochichi
settlement - Yamacraw Bluff
Secretary of the Trustee 1737 - supported Trustee policies, wrote "A State of the
William Stephens Province of GA"
Appointed President 1741-1751 - authority to grant land
First man to hold the title of Royal Governor in GA 1754
John Reynolds Was removed by the British Board of Trade in 1757 because of his dictatorial and
spendthrift ways
Second Royal Governor of GA - replaced John Reynolds in 1757
Henry Ellis Resigned in 1760 due to health reasons
He wore a thermometer
Third Royal Governor of GA 1760-1782 - fled when the American Revolution started
James Wright Played an instrumental role in two large land cessions for the state from Georgia's
Native American neighbors
"Morning Star of Liberty"
Noble Wimberly Jones Speaker of Commons, Whig (patriot) against British taxation
Member of convention that created the States Constitution in 1777
One of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence
George Walton
Elected Governor in 1779
One of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence
Lyman Hall
GA Governor 1783-1784
One of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence
Button Gwinnet
Was killed in a pistol duel with Lachlan McIntosh over the command of GA forces
Whig (patriot) In charge of defense during the Battle of Rice Boats in the Savannah
Lachlan McIntosh harbor in an effort to defend the city from British
Killed Button Gwinnett in a pistol duel over the command of GA forces
Led troops at Battle of Kettle Creek
Elijah Clarke Whig (patriot) leader for the Georgia militia during the Revolution
Commissioner for treaties with Native Americans
1/8
, Torie (loyalist) who was defeated (against Elijah Clarke) in the Battle of Kettle Creek
Feb 1779 and victory pursuing Americans in the Battle of Briar Creek March 1779
Thomas Brown
restoring the royal government.
Opposed Sons of Liberty
Whig (patriot) supporter that killed one and wounded a second loyalists that came
Nancy Hart into her house to steal from her. The remaining loyalist were hung by her husband,
Benjamin Hart
Torie (loyalist) lieutenant colonel who captured Savannah in December 1778 and
Archibald Campbell
Augusta in January 1779 during the American Revolution
French ally to General Benjamin Lincoln (Continental Commander) that tried
Count Charles Henri d'Estaing unsuccessfully to recapture Savannah in "the Seige of Savannah" the second
deadliest battle during the Revolutionary war in 1779
Overturned the Yazoo land fraud of 1795 Served in the Georgia militia in the
American Revolutionary War; served at the defense of Savannah, the Battle of
James Jackson
Cowpens, and the recapture of Augusta and Savannah An early GA politician of the
Democrat-Republican Party
General "Mad" sent by General Nathanael Greene to push the British out of Savannah
1782
Anthony Wayne Defeated James Jackson for reelection to Congress in 1791, but voting irregularities
on the part of his supporters found that he did not win fairly
Negotiated peace treaties with both the Creek and the Cherokee
Nathanael Greene General of the Revolutionary War, his leadership freed Georgia from British forces
Colonel sent by General Nathanael Greene to support the revolutionaries as they
Henry Light-horse Harry Lee
pushed the British out of Augusta 1781
Founder of UGA in 1785 by creating a statewide educational and funding program
US Senator
Abraham Baldwin One of four Georgia delegates to the constitutional convention of 1777 and one of
two that signed the GA Constitution
Signed the US Constitution in 1787
Fought in the Battle of Burke County Jail
One of four Georgia delegates to the constitutional convention of 1777 and one of
William Few
two that signed the GA Constitution
Signed the US Constitution in 1787
Governor 1787-1788
George Mathews Signed the Yazoo Act in January 1795
Known for shady land deals in GA
Captain in the GA Militia - fought in the Battle of Kettle Creek and in Augusta, 1787
John Clarke
militia victory over the Creek Indians at Jack's Creek Governor 1819-1823
Negotiated the Treaty of Indian Springs that authorized the sale of all of the
remaining Creek lands to the US
George Troup
Successful removal of the Creek Indians from the state with state militia forces
Governor 1823-1827
Second President of UGA
Josiah Meigs
Implemented the state's first physics curriculum
Inventor of the cotton gin that revolutionized the southern economy in Mulberry
Eli Whitney
Grove Plantation near Savannah
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