GCSU GA History Exam Practice
Questions with Complete Answers
Colonial Period - ANSWER
What are two major sections of time the Colonial Period? When did they occur? -
ANSWER Trustee Period (1733- early 1750s), Royal Colony (1752-1775)
What happened from 1525-1646? - ANSWER Spanish expeditions exploring Georgia
coast and interior; late 1550s/early 1600s Spanish Missions along Coastal Georgia
What happened in 1670? - ANSWER Founding of Charleston; English traders began
to trade with Indians in what later became Georgia
What happened in 1732? - ANSWER Charter granted to a charitable trust
How many reasons were there for founding the colony of Georgia? What were they? -
ANSWER 3; 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? - ANSWER First colonists arrived along with James Oglethorpe
Who was the founding trustee of Georgia? - ANSWER James Oglethorpe
,What was is the name for what happened between 1733 and the early 1750s? -
ANSWER Trustee Period
What happened in the Trustee Period? - ANSWER Agreements with Indians, Problems
with Trustee policies (including land policies), Problems with "Malcontents", Three
Laws, 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 were the three laws during the Trustee Period? - ANSWER 1. No rum, 2.
No slavery, 3. License required to trade with Indians
What is the name for what happened between 1752 and 1775? - ANSWER Royal Colony
What happened during the Royal Colony period? - ANSWER Development of slavery and
plantation system, Rice culture along coast, Fur trade in back country, New government
, with royal governor; Governor's Council; elected Commons House of Assembly,
Indian Land Cession; opening of back country to farmers, Events leading to
Revolution; Including Georgia's reactions to events in other colonies, Georgia
younger, weaker, closer ties to England so slower to action; only one of thirteen
rebellious colonies with no representative
in First Continental Congress, Attended Second Continental Congress
When did the Indian Land Cession occur? What was the main effect? - ANSWER 1763-
1773; Opening of back country to farmers
When did the event leading to Revolution occur? - ANSWER 1763-1775
How many people from Georgia attended the Second Continental Congress and signed
the Declaration of Independence? Who were they? - ANSWER 3; George Walton,
Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett
Who were the significant people of the colonial period? - ANSWER Hernando de
Soto, James Oglethorpe, Mary Musgrove, Tomochichi, William Stephens, John
Reynolds, Henry Ellis, James Wright
Hernando de Soto - ANSWER
James Oglethorpe - ANSWER
Mary Musgrove - ANSWER
Tomochichi - ANSWER
William Stephens - ANSWER
Questions with Complete Answers
Colonial Period - ANSWER
What are two major sections of time the Colonial Period? When did they occur? -
ANSWER Trustee Period (1733- early 1750s), Royal Colony (1752-1775)
What happened from 1525-1646? - ANSWER Spanish expeditions exploring Georgia
coast and interior; late 1550s/early 1600s Spanish Missions along Coastal Georgia
What happened in 1670? - ANSWER Founding of Charleston; English traders began
to trade with Indians in what later became Georgia
What happened in 1732? - ANSWER Charter granted to a charitable trust
How many reasons were there for founding the colony of Georgia? What were they? -
ANSWER 3; 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? - ANSWER First colonists arrived along with James Oglethorpe
Who was the founding trustee of Georgia? - ANSWER James Oglethorpe
,What was is the name for what happened between 1733 and the early 1750s? -
ANSWER Trustee Period
What happened in the Trustee Period? - ANSWER Agreements with Indians, Problems
with Trustee policies (including land policies), Problems with "Malcontents", Three
Laws, 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 were the three laws during the Trustee Period? - ANSWER 1. No rum, 2.
No slavery, 3. License required to trade with Indians
What is the name for what happened between 1752 and 1775? - ANSWER Royal Colony
What happened during the Royal Colony period? - ANSWER Development of slavery and
plantation system, Rice culture along coast, Fur trade in back country, New government
, with royal governor; Governor's Council; elected Commons House of Assembly,
Indian Land Cession; opening of back country to farmers, Events leading to
Revolution; Including Georgia's reactions to events in other colonies, Georgia
younger, weaker, closer ties to England so slower to action; only one of thirteen
rebellious colonies with no representative
in First Continental Congress, Attended Second Continental Congress
When did the Indian Land Cession occur? What was the main effect? - ANSWER 1763-
1773; Opening of back country to farmers
When did the event leading to Revolution occur? - ANSWER 1763-1775
How many people from Georgia attended the Second Continental Congress and signed
the Declaration of Independence? Who were they? - ANSWER 3; George Walton,
Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett
Who were the significant people of the colonial period? - ANSWER Hernando de
Soto, James Oglethorpe, Mary Musgrove, Tomochichi, William Stephens, John
Reynolds, Henry Ellis, James Wright
Hernando de Soto - ANSWER
James Oglethorpe - ANSWER
Mary Musgrove - ANSWER
Tomochichi - ANSWER
William Stephens - ANSWER
