GCSU GA history Exam Questions with Complete
Answers
Prehistory periods in order - ANSWER Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian
During the Prehistory time period ____________ populated Georgia. - ANSWER Indians
__________________ indians populated North GA.
___________________ indians populated other areas.
Small bands of _________________ were near Augusta. - ANSWER Cherokee
Creek Confederation
Chickasaw
time period: 1550s-1775 - ANSWER Colonial
time period: 1775-1788 - ANSWER Revolutionary War/Confederation
time period: 1790's-1820 - ANSWER Early National Period
time period: 1820-1861 - ANSWER Antebellum Period
time period: 1861-1865 - ANSWER Civil War
time period: 1865-1877 - ANSWER Reconstruction
time period: 1870s-WWI - ANSWER Gilded Age/Progressive Era
,time period: 1917-1945 - ANSWER WWI to WWII
time period: 1945-present - ANSWER Post WWII
Colonial period 1525-1646: What was happening? - ANSWER Spanish expeditions
exploring Georgia coast and interior
What happened in the late 1550s/early 1600s? - ANSWER Spanish Missions along
Coastal Georgia
1670 Founding of _______________.
English traders began to trade with __________ in what later became Georgia. -
ANSWER Charleston.
Indians.
1732 ___________ granted to a charitable trust. - ANSWER Charter.
Three reasons for colony's founding: - ANSWER 1. Trust wanted to provide new start for
poor of England and
persecuted Protestants in Europe
2. English government wanted defense buffer between Spanish
Florida and English Carolina
3. English government wanted Georgia to fit into British mercantilism
What happened in 1733?
Founding Trustee? - ANSWER First colonists arrived.
, James Oglethorpe.
1733-early 1750s is considered the ___________ period. - ANSWER Trustee
Characteristics of the Trustee Period - ANSWER -Agreements with Indians
-Problems with Trustee policies (including land policies)
-Problems with "Malcontents"
-Three Laws- 1. No rum 2. No slavery 3. License required to trade with Indians
-English and other ethnic groups settle
-War of Jenkins' Ear with Spanish; Battle of Bloody Marsh
-Abandonment of Trustee policies and laws by late 1740s
-Economic development
What was GA considered from 1752-1775? - ANSWER Royal Colony
Characteristics of being a royal colony - ANSWER -Dev. of slavery and plantation system
-rice culture along coast
-fur trade in back country
-new gov't w/ royal governor, Governor's Council, elected Commons House of Assembly
-events leading up to Revolution, including GA's reaction to events in other colonies
-GA was younger, weaker, and had closer ties to England->slower to action
-only colony with no representative at the 1st Continental Congress
-attended 2nd Cont. Congress
-3 Georgians signed Dec. Of Independence
1763-1775: opened back country to farmers - ANSWER Indian Land Cessions
Answers
Prehistory periods in order - ANSWER Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian
During the Prehistory time period ____________ populated Georgia. - ANSWER Indians
__________________ indians populated North GA.
___________________ indians populated other areas.
Small bands of _________________ were near Augusta. - ANSWER Cherokee
Creek Confederation
Chickasaw
time period: 1550s-1775 - ANSWER Colonial
time period: 1775-1788 - ANSWER Revolutionary War/Confederation
time period: 1790's-1820 - ANSWER Early National Period
time period: 1820-1861 - ANSWER Antebellum Period
time period: 1861-1865 - ANSWER Civil War
time period: 1865-1877 - ANSWER Reconstruction
time period: 1870s-WWI - ANSWER Gilded Age/Progressive Era
,time period: 1917-1945 - ANSWER WWI to WWII
time period: 1945-present - ANSWER Post WWII
Colonial period 1525-1646: What was happening? - ANSWER Spanish expeditions
exploring Georgia coast and interior
What happened in the late 1550s/early 1600s? - ANSWER Spanish Missions along
Coastal Georgia
1670 Founding of _______________.
English traders began to trade with __________ in what later became Georgia. -
ANSWER Charleston.
Indians.
1732 ___________ granted to a charitable trust. - ANSWER Charter.
Three reasons for colony's founding: - ANSWER 1. Trust wanted to provide new start for
poor of England and
persecuted Protestants in Europe
2. English government wanted defense buffer between Spanish
Florida and English Carolina
3. English government wanted Georgia to fit into British mercantilism
What happened in 1733?
Founding Trustee? - ANSWER First colonists arrived.
, James Oglethorpe.
1733-early 1750s is considered the ___________ period. - ANSWER Trustee
Characteristics of the Trustee Period - ANSWER -Agreements with Indians
-Problems with Trustee policies (including land policies)
-Problems with "Malcontents"
-Three Laws- 1. No rum 2. No slavery 3. License required to trade with Indians
-English and other ethnic groups settle
-War of Jenkins' Ear with Spanish; Battle of Bloody Marsh
-Abandonment of Trustee policies and laws by late 1740s
-Economic development
What was GA considered from 1752-1775? - ANSWER Royal Colony
Characteristics of being a royal colony - ANSWER -Dev. of slavery and plantation system
-rice culture along coast
-fur trade in back country
-new gov't w/ royal governor, Governor's Council, elected Commons House of Assembly
-events leading up to Revolution, including GA's reaction to events in other colonies
-GA was younger, weaker, and had closer ties to England->slower to action
-only colony with no representative at the 1st Continental Congress
-attended 2nd Cont. Congress
-3 Georgians signed Dec. Of Independence
1763-1775: opened back country to farmers - ANSWER Indian Land Cessions
