US & GA HISTORY EXEMPTION (UGA)
EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
In what year was Georgia established? - ANS 1732
When did settlement take place in Savannah? - ANS 1733
How long was Georgia in existence before there was a governor or governing body within the
colony itself? - ANS Two decades
Who ruled Georgia in the beginning? - ANS Board of Trustees
Define: Board of Trustees - ANS 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"? - ANS 1732 - 1752
What were four things that were outlawed when Georgia was founded? - ANS slavery, rum,
lawyers, and Catholics
Who was the impetus behind Georgia's founding? - ANS James Edward Ogelthorpe
Battle of Bloody Marsh - ANS On St. Simons Island between the English and the Spanish. It
was an attempt of the Spanish to invade Georgia
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, Who from Georgia signed the Declaration of Independence? - ANS Button Gwinnett, Lyman
Hall, and George Walton
Who from Georgia signed the US Constitution? - ANS Abraham Baldwin and William Few Jr.
Which state was Georgia to enter the Union when it ratified the Constitution in 1788? -
ANS Fourth
What was the most serious military confrontation between British and American troops? -
ANS Siege of Savannah in 1779
Where was the capital moved to and from in 1779? - ANS Savannah to Augusta
Battle of Kettle Creek - ANS Took place in Wilkes County
Nancy Hart - ANS a female patriot and spy credited with killing several Tories at her home
When was the ban on slavery in Georgia lifted? - ANS 1752
Eli Whitney - ANS inventor of the cotton gin
Yazoo land fraud - ANS 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 - ANS The leader of English Parliament who founded the Georgia
colony, in order to create an effective buffer from the Spanish and Spanish controlled Florida.
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EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
In what year was Georgia established? - ANS 1732
When did settlement take place in Savannah? - ANS 1733
How long was Georgia in existence before there was a governor or governing body within the
colony itself? - ANS Two decades
Who ruled Georgia in the beginning? - ANS Board of Trustees
Define: Board of Trustees - ANS 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"? - ANS 1732 - 1752
What were four things that were outlawed when Georgia was founded? - ANS slavery, rum,
lawyers, and Catholics
Who was the impetus behind Georgia's founding? - ANS James Edward Ogelthorpe
Battle of Bloody Marsh - ANS On St. Simons Island between the English and the Spanish. It
was an attempt of the Spanish to invade Georgia
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, Who from Georgia signed the Declaration of Independence? - ANS Button Gwinnett, Lyman
Hall, and George Walton
Who from Georgia signed the US Constitution? - ANS Abraham Baldwin and William Few Jr.
Which state was Georgia to enter the Union when it ratified the Constitution in 1788? -
ANS Fourth
What was the most serious military confrontation between British and American troops? -
ANS Siege of Savannah in 1779
Where was the capital moved to and from in 1779? - ANS Savannah to Augusta
Battle of Kettle Creek - ANS Took place in Wilkes County
Nancy Hart - ANS a female patriot and spy credited with killing several Tories at her home
When was the ban on slavery in Georgia lifted? - ANS 1752
Eli Whitney - ANS inventor of the cotton gin
Yazoo land fraud - ANS 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 - ANS The leader of English Parliament who founded the Georgia
colony, in order to create an effective buffer from the Spanish and Spanish controlled Florida.
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