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In what year was Georgia established? - Correct answer ✔1732
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When did settlement take place in Savannah? - Correct answer ✔1733
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How long was Georgia in existence before there was a governor or governing body within
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the colony itself? - Correct answer ✔Two decades
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Who ruled Georgia in the beginning? - Correct answer ✔Board of Trustees
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Define: Board of Trustees - Correct answer ✔The governing body of Georgia in London
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England. King George signed a charter establishing the colony and creating its governing
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board


What years is Georgia referred to as "Trustee Georgia"? - Correct answer ✔1732 - 1752
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What were four things that were outlawed when Georgia was founded? - Correct answer
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✔slavery, rum, lawyers, and Catholics |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Who was the impetus behind Georgia's founding? - Correct answer ✔James Edward
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Ogelthorpe


Battle of Bloody Marsh - Correct answer ✔On St. Simons Island between the English and the
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Spanish. It was an attempt of the Spanish to invade Georgia
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, Who from Georgia signed the Declaration of Independence? - Correct answer ✔Button
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Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Who from Georgia signed the US Constitution? - Correct answer ✔Abraham Baldwin and
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William Few Jr. |||||| ||||||




Which state was Georgia to enter the Union when it ratified the Constitution in 1788? -
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Correct answer ✔Fourth |||||| ||||||




What was the most serious military confrontation between British and American troops? -
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Correct answer ✔Siege of Savannah in 1779 |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Where was the capital moved to and from in 1779? - Correct answer ✔Savannah to Augusta
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Battle of Kettle Creek - Correct answer ✔Took place in Wilkes County
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Nancy Hart - Correct answer ✔a female patriot and spy credited with killing several Tories
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at her home
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When was the ban on slavery in Georgia lifted? - Correct answer ✔1752
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Eli Whitney - Correct answer ✔inventor of the cotton gin
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Yazoo land fraud - Correct answer ✔1795, the sale of western land to four land companies
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after the governor and members of the General Assembly had been bribed / land
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companies bribed GA leaders to sell land cheaply; resulted in U.S. take-over of disputed
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land

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