GCSU GA History Prep Questions with Complete
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James Oglethorpe - ANSWER Founder of GA colony 1732
prison reform / debtors
no slaves, respect for Indians
Mary Musgrove - ANSWER Liaison and translator between colonists and Creek Indians
"Cowpens" - deerskin trade
land claim controversy
Tomochichi - ANSWER Chief of the Yamacraw Indians
allowed colonists to build Savannah on Yamacraw bluff
negotiated with British and colonists
William Stephens - ANSWER Secretary under Oglethorpe
observed and advised, reported to Trustees
President of Frederica county then all of GA when Oglethorpe left
John Reynolds - ANSWER first royal governor (1754-1757)
expected instant response and cooperation
disliked by colonists - withheld directives from England
Henry Ellis - ANSWER second royal governor (1757-1760)
assisted GA self-government
cultivated friendship with Creeks
, James Wright - ANSWER third colonial royal governor (1760-1782)
slowed revolutionary fever in GA
unable to retain full authority after 1776 revolution
Noble Wimberly Jones - ANSWER Whig leader
progressive physician
helped create GA Constitution of 1777
George Walton, Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett - ANSWER 3 Georgians to sign the
Declaration of Independence
Lachlan McIntosh - ANSWER Repelled British at Battle of Rice Boats
organized defense of Savannah
Elijah Clarke - ANSWER Militia captain fighting Cherokee and Creek
led rebel victory at Battle of Kettle Creek
led frontier guerrillas against British and American loyalists
Thomas Brown - ANSWER English loyalist during the American Revolution
led Rangers in an attempt to seize Savannah and Augusta
"Southern Strategy" with help from Florida and Indians
Nancy Hart - ANSWER Legendary war woman of the American Revolution; her most
famous account was her tricking and killing of a group of Tories.
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James Oglethorpe - ANSWER Founder of GA colony 1732
prison reform / debtors
no slaves, respect for Indians
Mary Musgrove - ANSWER Liaison and translator between colonists and Creek Indians
"Cowpens" - deerskin trade
land claim controversy
Tomochichi - ANSWER Chief of the Yamacraw Indians
allowed colonists to build Savannah on Yamacraw bluff
negotiated with British and colonists
William Stephens - ANSWER Secretary under Oglethorpe
observed and advised, reported to Trustees
President of Frederica county then all of GA when Oglethorpe left
John Reynolds - ANSWER first royal governor (1754-1757)
expected instant response and cooperation
disliked by colonists - withheld directives from England
Henry Ellis - ANSWER second royal governor (1757-1760)
assisted GA self-government
cultivated friendship with Creeks
, James Wright - ANSWER third colonial royal governor (1760-1782)
slowed revolutionary fever in GA
unable to retain full authority after 1776 revolution
Noble Wimberly Jones - ANSWER Whig leader
progressive physician
helped create GA Constitution of 1777
George Walton, Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett - ANSWER 3 Georgians to sign the
Declaration of Independence
Lachlan McIntosh - ANSWER Repelled British at Battle of Rice Boats
organized defense of Savannah
Elijah Clarke - ANSWER Militia captain fighting Cherokee and Creek
led rebel victory at Battle of Kettle Creek
led frontier guerrillas against British and American loyalists
Thomas Brown - ANSWER English loyalist during the American Revolution
led Rangers in an attempt to seize Savannah and Augusta
"Southern Strategy" with help from Florida and Indians
Nancy Hart - ANSWER Legendary war woman of the American Revolution; her most
famous account was her tricking and killing of a group of Tories.
