GA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM
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Georgia History: overview - ANSWERGeorgia was the last of the thirteen colonies to be
founded. Its formation came a half century after the twelfth British colony.Georgia was
the only colony founded and ruled by a Board of Trustees, which was based in London.
Mississippian Period: overview - ANSWER(A.D. 800-1600), complex native cultures,
organized as chiefdoms, emerged and developed lifeways in response to the particular
features of their physical surroundings.
chiefdoms - ANSWERa specific kind of human social organization with social ranking as
a fundamental part of their structure. In ranked societies people belonged to one of two
groupings, elites or commoners.
elites vs commoners - ANSWERrested more on ideological and religious beliefs than on
such things as wealth or military
Purpose of mounds in Mississippian culture - ANSWERcapitals of chiefdoms, platforms
for buildings, as stages for religious and social activities, and as cemeteries.
Who was Georgia named after? - ANSWERKing George II
Hernando de soto in georgia - ANSWERThe first European to explore the interior of
what is now the state of Georgia
discovered the true way the Indians lived, but devastated their societies with the plague
and small pox
spanish missions - ANSWERLocated on Georgia's barrier islands established to convert
Native Americans to Christianity Located near Native American village centers (where
the most people were) required Native Americans to provide labor to the Spanish
James Oglethorpe - ANSWERFounder and governor of the Georgia colony. He ran a
tightly-disciplined, military-like colony. Slaves, alcohol, and Catholicism were forbidden
in his colony. Many colonists felt that Oglethorpe was a dictator, and that (along with the
colonist's dissatisfaction over not being allowed to own slaves) caused the colony to
break down and Oglethorpe to lose his position as governor.
What did oglethrop envision georgia to be - ANSWERa refuge for the debtors who
crowded london prisons
, Yamacraw Indians - ANSWERa small band that existed from the late 1720s to the mid-
1740s in the Savannah area. First led by Tomochichi and then by his nephew and heir
Toonahowi, they consisted of about 200 people and contained a mix of Lower Creeks
and Yamasees. worked with oglethorpe
malcontents - ANSWERAmong those to voice displeasure with the policies of General
James Oglethorpe and the Georgia Trustees during the early years of Georgia's
settlement
Led by:Patrick Tailfer Thomas Stephens.
Tomochichi - ANSWERcheif of the yamacraw indians and acted as a mediator between
the native people and the new english settlers
Royal Georgia - ANSWERrefers to the period between the termination of Trustee
governance of Georgia and the colony's declaration of independence at the beginning
of the American Revolution (1775-83).
Battle of Bloody Marsh - ANSWEROn July 7, 1742, English and Spanish forces
skirmished on St. Simons Island in an encounter later known as the Battle of Bloody
Marsh.
This event was the only Spanish attempt to invade Georgia during the War of Jenkins'
Ear, and it resulted in a significant English victory. General James Oglethorpe
redeemed his reputation from his defeat at St. Augustine, Florida
First three royal governors of georgia - ANSWERJohn Reynolds, Henry Ellis, James
Wright
James Wright - ANSWERThe third and LAST royal governor of Georgia. Played a key
role in retarding the flame of revolution in Georgia long after it had flared violently in
every other colony.
Salzburgers - ANSWERa group of Protestants from Austria who were invited to settle in
Georgia due to religious persecution they were experiencing in Europe; established the
towns of Ebenezer and New Ebenezer; were some of the most successful colonists.
a group of German-speaking Protestant colonists, founded the town of Ebenezer in
what is now Effingham County.
rice - ANSWERGeorgia's first staple crop, the most important commercial agricultural
commodity in the Lowcountry from the middle of the eighteenth century until the early
twentieth century.
revolutionary war in georgia - ANSWERThe colony had prospered under royal rule, and
many Georgians thought that they needed the protection of British troops against a
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Georgia History: overview - ANSWERGeorgia was the last of the thirteen colonies to be
founded. Its formation came a half century after the twelfth British colony.Georgia was
the only colony founded and ruled by a Board of Trustees, which was based in London.
Mississippian Period: overview - ANSWER(A.D. 800-1600), complex native cultures,
organized as chiefdoms, emerged and developed lifeways in response to the particular
features of their physical surroundings.
chiefdoms - ANSWERa specific kind of human social organization with social ranking as
a fundamental part of their structure. In ranked societies people belonged to one of two
groupings, elites or commoners.
elites vs commoners - ANSWERrested more on ideological and religious beliefs than on
such things as wealth or military
Purpose of mounds in Mississippian culture - ANSWERcapitals of chiefdoms, platforms
for buildings, as stages for religious and social activities, and as cemeteries.
Who was Georgia named after? - ANSWERKing George II
Hernando de soto in georgia - ANSWERThe first European to explore the interior of
what is now the state of Georgia
discovered the true way the Indians lived, but devastated their societies with the plague
and small pox
spanish missions - ANSWERLocated on Georgia's barrier islands established to convert
Native Americans to Christianity Located near Native American village centers (where
the most people were) required Native Americans to provide labor to the Spanish
James Oglethorpe - ANSWERFounder and governor of the Georgia colony. He ran a
tightly-disciplined, military-like colony. Slaves, alcohol, and Catholicism were forbidden
in his colony. Many colonists felt that Oglethorpe was a dictator, and that (along with the
colonist's dissatisfaction over not being allowed to own slaves) caused the colony to
break down and Oglethorpe to lose his position as governor.
What did oglethrop envision georgia to be - ANSWERa refuge for the debtors who
crowded london prisons
, Yamacraw Indians - ANSWERa small band that existed from the late 1720s to the mid-
1740s in the Savannah area. First led by Tomochichi and then by his nephew and heir
Toonahowi, they consisted of about 200 people and contained a mix of Lower Creeks
and Yamasees. worked with oglethorpe
malcontents - ANSWERAmong those to voice displeasure with the policies of General
James Oglethorpe and the Georgia Trustees during the early years of Georgia's
settlement
Led by:Patrick Tailfer Thomas Stephens.
Tomochichi - ANSWERcheif of the yamacraw indians and acted as a mediator between
the native people and the new english settlers
Royal Georgia - ANSWERrefers to the period between the termination of Trustee
governance of Georgia and the colony's declaration of independence at the beginning
of the American Revolution (1775-83).
Battle of Bloody Marsh - ANSWEROn July 7, 1742, English and Spanish forces
skirmished on St. Simons Island in an encounter later known as the Battle of Bloody
Marsh.
This event was the only Spanish attempt to invade Georgia during the War of Jenkins'
Ear, and it resulted in a significant English victory. General James Oglethorpe
redeemed his reputation from his defeat at St. Augustine, Florida
First three royal governors of georgia - ANSWERJohn Reynolds, Henry Ellis, James
Wright
James Wright - ANSWERThe third and LAST royal governor of Georgia. Played a key
role in retarding the flame of revolution in Georgia long after it had flared violently in
every other colony.
Salzburgers - ANSWERa group of Protestants from Austria who were invited to settle in
Georgia due to religious persecution they were experiencing in Europe; established the
towns of Ebenezer and New Ebenezer; were some of the most successful colonists.
a group of German-speaking Protestant colonists, founded the town of Ebenezer in
what is now Effingham County.
rice - ANSWERGeorgia's first staple crop, the most important commercial agricultural
commodity in the Lowcountry from the middle of the eighteenth century until the early
twentieth century.
revolutionary war in georgia - ANSWERThe colony had prospered under royal rule, and
many Georgians thought that they needed the protection of British troops against a
