Georgia History Exam
James Oglethorpe Correct answers Founding Trustee and Governor of the
Georgia colony 1733
Opposed slavery and respected GA Indian customs
Mary Musgrove Correct answers Served as an interpreter between
Oglethorpe and Tomochichi (she was part Native American and part
British)
Tomochichi Correct answers Chief of the Yamacraw who gave James
Oglethorpe land for the Savannah settlement - Yamacraw Bluff
William Stephens Correct answers Secretary of the Trustee 1737 -
supported Trustee policies, wrote "A State of the Province of GA"
Appointed President 1741-1751 - authority to grant land
John Reynolds Correct answers First man to hold the title of Royal
Governor in GA 1754
Was removed by the British Board of Trade in 1757 because of his
dictatorial and spendthrift ways
Henry Ellis Correct answers Second Royal Governor of GA - replaced John
Reynolds in 1757
Resigned in 1760 due to health reasons
He wore a thermometer
James Wright Correct answers Third Royal Governor of GA 1760-1782 - fled
when the American Revolution started
Played an instrumental role in two large land cessions for the state from
Georgia's Native American neighbors
Noble Wimberly Jones Correct answers "Morning Star of
Liberty" Speaker of Commons, Whig (patriot) against
British taxation Member of convention that created the
States Constitution in 1777
George Walton Correct answers One of three Georgia signers of the
Declaration of Independence
Elected Governor in 1779
Lyman Hall Correct answers One of three Georgia signers of the
Declaration of Independence
GA Governor 1783-1784
,Button Gwinnet Correct answers One of three Georgia signers of the
Declaration of Independence
Was killed in a pistol duel with Lachlan McIntosh over the command of
GA forces
Lachlan McIntosh Correct answers Whig (patriot) In charge of defense during
the Battle of Rice Boats in the Savannah harbor in an effort to defend the
city from British
Killed Button Gwinnett in a pistol duel over the command of GA forces
Elijah Clarke Correct answers Led troops at Battle of
Kettle Creek Whig (patriot) leader for the Georgia militia
during the Revolution Commissioner for treaties with
Native Americans
Thomas Brown Correct answers 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 restoring the royal
government.
Opposed Sons of Liberty
Nancy Hart Correct answers Whig (patriot) supporter that killed one and
wounded a second loyalists that came into her house to steal from her. The
remaining loyalist were hung by her husband, Benjamin Hart
Archibald Campbell Correct answers Torie (loyalist) lieutenant colonel who
captured Savannah in December 1778 and Augusta in January 1779
during the American Revolution
Count Charles Henri d'Estaing Correct answers French ally to General
Benjamin Lincoln (Continental Commander) that tried unsuccessfully to
recapture Savannah in "the Seige of Savannah" the second deadliest battle
during the Revolutionary war in 1779
James Jackson Correct answers 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 Cowpens, and the recapture of
Augusta and Savannah An early GA politician of the Democrat-Republican
Party
Anthony Wayne Correct answers General "Mad" sent by General Nathanael
Greene to push the British out of Savannah 1782
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 Correct answers General of the Revolutionary War, his
leadership freed Georgia from British forces
Henry Light-horse Harry Lee Correct answers Colonel sent by General
Nathanael Greene to support the revolutionaries as they pushed the
British out of Augusta 1781
, Abraham Baldwin Correct answers Founder of UGA in 1785 by creating a
statewide educational and funding program
US Senator
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
William Few Correct answers Fought in the Battle of Burke County Jail
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
George Mathews Correct answers Governor
1787-1788 Signed the Yazoo Act in January 1795
Known for shady land deals in GA
John Clarke Correct answers Captain in the GA Militia - fought in the
Battle of Kettle Creek and in Augusta, 1787 militia victory over the Creek
Indians at Jack's Creek Governor 1819-1823
George Troup Correct answers Negotiated the Treaty of Indian Springs that
authorized the sale of all of the remaining Creek lands to the US
Successful removal of the Creek Indians from the state with state militia
forces
Governor 1823-1827
Josiah Meigs Correct answers Second President of
UGA Implemented the state's first physics
curriculum
Eli Whitney Correct answers Inventor of the cotton gin that revolutionized
the southern economy in Mulberry Grove Plantation near Savannah
John Milledge Correct answers He served in the forces of Count Charles
Henri d'Estaing and General Benjamin Lincoln during the Siege of Savannah
and also fought at Augusta
1804 GA Capital was named after him
He signed into law the first land lottery in the history of the state Governor
1802-1806
William Harris Crawford Correct answers Two-time U.S. presidential
nominee, most controversial presidential election in 1824 - "Corrupt
Bargain"
Elected to GA house of representatives and senate as a member of the
democratic- republican party; state superior court judge
John Forsyth Correct answers Served in US house of rep, the US senate,
and 33rd governor of GA; appointed secretary of state; for slavery
James Oglethorpe Correct answers Founding Trustee and Governor of the
Georgia colony 1733
Opposed slavery and respected GA Indian customs
Mary Musgrove Correct answers Served as an interpreter between
Oglethorpe and Tomochichi (she was part Native American and part
British)
Tomochichi Correct answers Chief of the Yamacraw who gave James
Oglethorpe land for the Savannah settlement - Yamacraw Bluff
William Stephens Correct answers Secretary of the Trustee 1737 -
supported Trustee policies, wrote "A State of the Province of GA"
Appointed President 1741-1751 - authority to grant land
John Reynolds Correct answers First man to hold the title of Royal
Governor in GA 1754
Was removed by the British Board of Trade in 1757 because of his
dictatorial and spendthrift ways
Henry Ellis Correct answers Second Royal Governor of GA - replaced John
Reynolds in 1757
Resigned in 1760 due to health reasons
He wore a thermometer
James Wright Correct answers Third Royal Governor of GA 1760-1782 - fled
when the American Revolution started
Played an instrumental role in two large land cessions for the state from
Georgia's Native American neighbors
Noble Wimberly Jones Correct answers "Morning Star of
Liberty" Speaker of Commons, Whig (patriot) against
British taxation Member of convention that created the
States Constitution in 1777
George Walton Correct answers One of three Georgia signers of the
Declaration of Independence
Elected Governor in 1779
Lyman Hall Correct answers One of three Georgia signers of the
Declaration of Independence
GA Governor 1783-1784
,Button Gwinnet Correct answers One of three Georgia signers of the
Declaration of Independence
Was killed in a pistol duel with Lachlan McIntosh over the command of
GA forces
Lachlan McIntosh Correct answers Whig (patriot) In charge of defense during
the Battle of Rice Boats in the Savannah harbor in an effort to defend the
city from British
Killed Button Gwinnett in a pistol duel over the command of GA forces
Elijah Clarke Correct answers Led troops at Battle of
Kettle Creek Whig (patriot) leader for the Georgia militia
during the Revolution Commissioner for treaties with
Native Americans
Thomas Brown Correct answers 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 restoring the royal
government.
Opposed Sons of Liberty
Nancy Hart Correct answers Whig (patriot) supporter that killed one and
wounded a second loyalists that came into her house to steal from her. The
remaining loyalist were hung by her husband, Benjamin Hart
Archibald Campbell Correct answers Torie (loyalist) lieutenant colonel who
captured Savannah in December 1778 and Augusta in January 1779
during the American Revolution
Count Charles Henri d'Estaing Correct answers French ally to General
Benjamin Lincoln (Continental Commander) that tried unsuccessfully to
recapture Savannah in "the Seige of Savannah" the second deadliest battle
during the Revolutionary war in 1779
James Jackson Correct answers 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 Cowpens, and the recapture of
Augusta and Savannah An early GA politician of the Democrat-Republican
Party
Anthony Wayne Correct answers General "Mad" sent by General Nathanael
Greene to push the British out of Savannah 1782
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 Correct answers General of the Revolutionary War, his
leadership freed Georgia from British forces
Henry Light-horse Harry Lee Correct answers Colonel sent by General
Nathanael Greene to support the revolutionaries as they pushed the
British out of Augusta 1781
, Abraham Baldwin Correct answers Founder of UGA in 1785 by creating a
statewide educational and funding program
US Senator
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
William Few Correct answers Fought in the Battle of Burke County Jail
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
George Mathews Correct answers Governor
1787-1788 Signed the Yazoo Act in January 1795
Known for shady land deals in GA
John Clarke Correct answers Captain in the GA Militia - fought in the
Battle of Kettle Creek and in Augusta, 1787 militia victory over the Creek
Indians at Jack's Creek Governor 1819-1823
George Troup Correct answers Negotiated the Treaty of Indian Springs that
authorized the sale of all of the remaining Creek lands to the US
Successful removal of the Creek Indians from the state with state militia
forces
Governor 1823-1827
Josiah Meigs Correct answers Second President of
UGA Implemented the state's first physics
curriculum
Eli Whitney Correct answers Inventor of the cotton gin that revolutionized
the southern economy in Mulberry Grove Plantation near Savannah
John Milledge Correct answers He served in the forces of Count Charles
Henri d'Estaing and General Benjamin Lincoln during the Siege of Savannah
and also fought at Augusta
1804 GA Capital was named after him
He signed into law the first land lottery in the history of the state Governor
1802-1806
William Harris Crawford Correct answers Two-time U.S. presidential
nominee, most controversial presidential election in 1824 - "Corrupt
Bargain"
Elected to GA house of representatives and senate as a member of the
democratic- republican party; state superior court judge
John Forsyth Correct answers Served in US house of rep, the US senate,
and 33rd governor of GA; appointed secretary of state; for slavery
