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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 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 US & GA HISTORY EXEMPTION (UGA) EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COPYRIGHT © 2025 THESTAR ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2 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 c

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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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