US & GA History Exemption Exam (UGA)
In what year was Georgia established? - Answer-1732
When did settlement take place in Savannah? - Answer-1733
How long was Georgia in existence before there was a governor or governing body within the colony
itself? - Answer-Two decades
Who ruled Georgia in the beginning? - Answer-Board of Trustees
Define: Board of Trustees - Answer-The governing body of Georgia in London England. King George
signed a charter establishing the colony and creating its governing board
What years is Georgia referred to as "Trustee Georgia"? - Answer-1732 - 1752
What were four things that were outlawed when Georgia was founded? - Answer-slavery, rum, lawyers,
and Catholics
Who was the impetus behind Georgia's founding? - Answer-James Edward Ogelthorpe
Battle of Bloody Marsh - Answer-On St. Simons Island between the English and the Spanish. It was an
attempt of the Spanish to invade Georgia
, Who from Georgia signed the Declaration of Independence? - Answer-Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and
George Walton
Who from Georgia signed the US Constitution? - Answer-Abraham Baldwin and William Few Jr.
Which state was Georgia to enter the Union when it ratified the Constitution in 1788? - Answer-Fourth
What was the most serious military confrontation between British and American troops? - Answer-Siege
of Savannah in 1779
Where was the capital moved to and from in 1779? - Answer-Savannah to Augusta
Battle of Kettle Creek - Answer-Took place in Wilkes County
Nancy Hart - Answer-a female patriot and spy credited with killing several Tories at her home
When was the ban on slavery in Georgia lifted? - Answer-1752
Eli Whitney - Answer-inventor of the cotton gin
Yazoo land fraud - Answer-1795, the sale of western land to four land companies after the governor and
members of the General Assembly had been bribed / land companies bribed GA leaders to sell land
cheaply; resulted in U.S. take-over of disputed land
James Edward Ogelthorpe - Answer-The leader of English Parliament who founded the Georgia colony,
in order to create an effective buffer from the Spanish and Spanish controlled Florida.
In what year was Georgia established? - Answer-1732
When did settlement take place in Savannah? - Answer-1733
How long was Georgia in existence before there was a governor or governing body within the colony
itself? - Answer-Two decades
Who ruled Georgia in the beginning? - Answer-Board of Trustees
Define: Board of Trustees - Answer-The governing body of Georgia in London England. King George
signed a charter establishing the colony and creating its governing board
What years is Georgia referred to as "Trustee Georgia"? - Answer-1732 - 1752
What were four things that were outlawed when Georgia was founded? - Answer-slavery, rum, lawyers,
and Catholics
Who was the impetus behind Georgia's founding? - Answer-James Edward Ogelthorpe
Battle of Bloody Marsh - Answer-On St. Simons Island between the English and the Spanish. It was an
attempt of the Spanish to invade Georgia
, Who from Georgia signed the Declaration of Independence? - Answer-Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and
George Walton
Who from Georgia signed the US Constitution? - Answer-Abraham Baldwin and William Few Jr.
Which state was Georgia to enter the Union when it ratified the Constitution in 1788? - Answer-Fourth
What was the most serious military confrontation between British and American troops? - Answer-Siege
of Savannah in 1779
Where was the capital moved to and from in 1779? - Answer-Savannah to Augusta
Battle of Kettle Creek - Answer-Took place in Wilkes County
Nancy Hart - Answer-a female patriot and spy credited with killing several Tories at her home
When was the ban on slavery in Georgia lifted? - Answer-1752
Eli Whitney - Answer-inventor of the cotton gin
Yazoo land fraud - Answer-1795, the sale of western land to four land companies after the governor and
members of the General Assembly had been bribed / land companies bribed GA leaders to sell land
cheaply; resulted in U.S. take-over of disputed land
James Edward Ogelthorpe - Answer-The leader of English Parliament who founded the Georgia colony,
in order to create an effective buffer from the Spanish and Spanish controlled Florida.
