USG EXEMPTION TEST: GA HISTORY
STUDY GUIDE
What type of civilization characterized the Mississippian period in Georgia? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Chiefdoms: smaller villages with leaders that answered
to one greater leader. Destroyed by European invasion bringing disease and violence
What was the largest chiefdom in Georgia and where was it located? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✅✅ -Coosa Chiefdom in Murray and Gordon county. Etowah site in
Cartersville is also a significant relic
Who was the first European to explore Georgia? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -
Hernando de Soto, arrived with Spanish Missions
What was the point of the Spanish missions? How were they received? How did they
end? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Catholic Missions. Friars integrated into
chiefdoms and answered to Indian leaders. Benefited chiefs but forced assimilation on
Native American communities and some men were forcibly sent to work Spanish
cornfields in Florida. Effectively ended by depopulation related to disease
Who did James Oglethorpe select as his initial colonists? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅✅ -Skilled laborers. Oglethorpe's envisioned a classless Utopia (original intentions
for it to serve as a penal colony were abandoned)
What year was Georgia approved as of colony? What year did people first arrive from
England? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -1732/1733
What did Oglethorpe expect Georgia's climate to be like? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅✅ -Mediterranean (first major crops were rice, indigo, wine)
Did Oglethorpe support slavery? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -NO. He also invited
persecuted religious minorities (Jews, Catholics; although Jews and Catholics were
technically prohibited by the trustees, Oglethorpe did not make a fuss) to colonize GA
Where were the Yamacraw Indians located and who was their leader? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✅✅ -In Savannah, led by Tomachichi. Combination of Creek and
, Yamasees, broken from their own tribes following trade disputes. Were diplomatic with
Oglethorpe
Who were the two most significant malcontents', and what was their grievance? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Talifer and Stephens, wanted slavery and rum, less
restrictions on land ownership
What was the name of the Malcontents' publication, and what year was it published? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Stephens wrote A State of the Providence of Georgia
(1740), essentially sucking up to the Trustees by affirming (falsely) how their politics
were widely supported and sure to create economic success in GA. Lead to
Legalization of Slavery in GA!
Who were the three royal governors of Georgia and how were they publicly received? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Reynolds (not popular, removed from office), Ellis
(established democratic government in GA and preserved neutrality with Creeks),
Wright (generally popular, held down revolution for some time while promoting English
agenda (stamp act), then returned to govern into British occupied Savannah after
revolution)
When was Georgia a royal colony? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -1752-1776
What was the only Spanish attempt to invade Georgia in the war of Jenkins Ear? Who
won and where was it located? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Battle of Bloody Marsh
on St. Simons Island, 1742. English victory
Where did the members of Georgia's Salzberger community come from and why were
they in Georgia? Where in Georgia did they settle? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -
German speaking immigrants escaping religious persecution in Catholic Austria (they
were protestant). Settled in Ebenezer, GA and started Jerusalem Church. Anti-slavery
What were the dates of the Revolutionary War? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -1775-
1783 in GA. Declaration of Independence was signed 1776, but Savannah remained a
British colony.
What was Georgia's attitude towards the revolutionary movement? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✅✅ -slow to joij
What is the significance of Button Gwinnett? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Button
Gwinnet signed Declaration of Independence with George Walton, Lyman Hall
What was the role of Lachlan McIntosh in the progression to statehood? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✅✅ -American born in Scotland, owned rice plantation in GA; supported
American independence, military leader in American Revolution; feud with Button
Gwinnett culminated in a duel between the two that killed Gwinnett and. Left McIntosh
unpopular
STUDY GUIDE
What type of civilization characterized the Mississippian period in Georgia? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Chiefdoms: smaller villages with leaders that answered
to one greater leader. Destroyed by European invasion bringing disease and violence
What was the largest chiefdom in Georgia and where was it located? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✅✅ -Coosa Chiefdom in Murray and Gordon county. Etowah site in
Cartersville is also a significant relic
Who was the first European to explore Georgia? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -
Hernando de Soto, arrived with Spanish Missions
What was the point of the Spanish missions? How were they received? How did they
end? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Catholic Missions. Friars integrated into
chiefdoms and answered to Indian leaders. Benefited chiefs but forced assimilation on
Native American communities and some men were forcibly sent to work Spanish
cornfields in Florida. Effectively ended by depopulation related to disease
Who did James Oglethorpe select as his initial colonists? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅✅ -Skilled laborers. Oglethorpe's envisioned a classless Utopia (original intentions
for it to serve as a penal colony were abandoned)
What year was Georgia approved as of colony? What year did people first arrive from
England? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -1732/1733
What did Oglethorpe expect Georgia's climate to be like? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✅✅ -Mediterranean (first major crops were rice, indigo, wine)
Did Oglethorpe support slavery? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -NO. He also invited
persecuted religious minorities (Jews, Catholics; although Jews and Catholics were
technically prohibited by the trustees, Oglethorpe did not make a fuss) to colonize GA
Where were the Yamacraw Indians located and who was their leader? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✅✅ -In Savannah, led by Tomachichi. Combination of Creek and
, Yamasees, broken from their own tribes following trade disputes. Were diplomatic with
Oglethorpe
Who were the two most significant malcontents', and what was their grievance? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Talifer and Stephens, wanted slavery and rum, less
restrictions on land ownership
What was the name of the Malcontents' publication, and what year was it published? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Stephens wrote A State of the Providence of Georgia
(1740), essentially sucking up to the Trustees by affirming (falsely) how their politics
were widely supported and sure to create economic success in GA. Lead to
Legalization of Slavery in GA!
Who were the three royal governors of Georgia and how were they publicly received? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Reynolds (not popular, removed from office), Ellis
(established democratic government in GA and preserved neutrality with Creeks),
Wright (generally popular, held down revolution for some time while promoting English
agenda (stamp act), then returned to govern into British occupied Savannah after
revolution)
When was Georgia a royal colony? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -1752-1776
What was the only Spanish attempt to invade Georgia in the war of Jenkins Ear? Who
won and where was it located? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Battle of Bloody Marsh
on St. Simons Island, 1742. English victory
Where did the members of Georgia's Salzberger community come from and why were
they in Georgia? Where in Georgia did they settle? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -
German speaking immigrants escaping religious persecution in Catholic Austria (they
were protestant). Settled in Ebenezer, GA and started Jerusalem Church. Anti-slavery
What were the dates of the Revolutionary War? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -1775-
1783 in GA. Declaration of Independence was signed 1776, but Savannah remained a
British colony.
What was Georgia's attitude towards the revolutionary movement? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✅✅ -slow to joij
What is the significance of Button Gwinnett? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✅✅ -Button
Gwinnet signed Declaration of Independence with George Walton, Lyman Hall
What was the role of Lachlan McIntosh in the progression to statehood? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✅✅ -American born in Scotland, owned rice plantation in GA; supported
American independence, military leader in American Revolution; feud with Button
Gwinnett culminated in a duel between the two that killed Gwinnett and. Left McIntosh
unpopular
