GEORGIA HISTORY EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
James Oglethorpe - Answer -Founding Trustee and Governor of the Georgia colony
1733
Opposed slavery and respected GA Indian customs
Mary Musgrove - Answer -Served as an interpreter between Oglethorpe and
Tomochichi (she was part Native American and part British)
Tomochichi - Answer -Chief of the Yamacraw who gave James Oglethorpe land for the
Savannah settlement - Yamacraw Bluff
William Stephens - Answer -Secretary of the Trustee 1737 - supported Trustee policies,
wrote "A State of the Province of GA"
Appointed President 1741-1751 - authority to grant land
John Reynolds - Answer -First man to hold the title of Royal Governor in GA 1754
Was removed by the British Board of Trade in 1757 because of his dictatorial and
spendthrift ways
Henry Ellis - Answer -Second Royal Governor of GA - replaced John Reynolds in 1757
Resigned in 1760 due to health reasons
He wore a thermometer
James Wright - Answer -Third Royal Governor of GA 1760-1782 - fled when the
American Revolution started
Played an instrumental role in two large land cessions for the state from Georgia's
Native American neighbors
Noble Wimberly Jones - Answer -"Morning Star of Liberty"
Speaker of Commons, Whig (patriot) against British taxation
Member of convention that created the States Constitution in 1777
George Walton - Answer -One of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of
Independence
Elected Governor in 1779
Lyman Hall - Answer -One of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence
GA Governor 1783-1784
Button Gwinnet - Answer -One of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of
Independence
Was killed in a pistol duel with Lachlan McIntosh over the command of GA forces
,Lachlan McIntosh - Answer -Whig (patriot) In charge of defense during the Battle of
Rice Boats in the Savannah harbor in an effort to defend the city from British
Killed Button Gwinnett in a pistol duel over the command of GA forces
Elijah Clarke - Answer -Led troops at Battle of Kettle Creek
Whig (patriot) leader for the Georgia militia during the Revolution
Commissioner for treaties with Native Americans
Thomas Brown - Answer -Torie (loyalist) who was defeated (against Elijah Clarke) in
the Battle of Kettle Creek Feb 1779 and victory pursuing Americans in the Battle of Briar
Creek March 1779 restoring the royal government.
Opposed Sons of Liberty
Nancy Hart - Answer -Whig (patriot) supporter that killed one and wounded a second
loyalists that came into her house to steal from her. The remaining loyalist were hung by
her husband, Benjamin Hart
Archibald Campbell - Answer -Torie (loyalist) lieutenant colonel who captured
Savannah in December 1778 and Augusta in January 1779 during the American
Revolution
Count Charles Henri d'Estaing - Answer -French ally to General Benjamin Lincoln
(Continental Commander) that tried unsuccessfully to recapture Savannah in "the Seige
of Savannah" the second deadliest battle during the Revolutionary war in 1779
James Jackson - Answer -Overturned the Yazoo land fraud of 1795 Served in the
Georgia militia in the American Revolutionary War; served at the defense of Savannah,
the Battle of Cowpens, and the recapture of Augusta and Savannah An early GA
politician of the Democrat-Republican Party
Anthony Wayne - Answer -General "Mad" sent by General Nathanael Greene to push
the British out of Savannah 1782
Defeated James Jackson for reelection to Congress in 1791, but voting irregularities on
the part of his supporters found that he did not win fairly
Negotiated peace treaties with both the Creek and the Cherokee
Nathanael Greene - Answer -General of the Revolutionary War, his leadership freed
Georgia from British forces
Henry Light-horse Harry Lee - Answer -Colonel sent by General Nathanael Greene to
support the revolutionaries as they pushed the British out of Augusta 1781
Abraham Baldwin - Answer -Founder of UGA in 1785 by creating a statewide
educational and funding program
US Senator
, One of four Georgia delegates to the constitutional convention of 1777 and one of two
that signed the GA Constitution
Signed the US Constitution in 1787
William Few - Answer -Fought in the Battle of Burke County Jail
One of four Georgia delegates to the constitutional convention of 1777 and one of two
that signed the GA Constitution
Signed the US Constitution in 1787
Josiah Meigs - Answer -Second President of UGA
Implemented the state's first physics curriculum
Eli Whitney - Answer -Inventor of the cotton gin that revolutionized the southern
economy in Mulberry Grove Plantation near Savannah
John Milledge - Answer -He served in the forces of Count Charles Henri d'Estaing and
General Benjamin Lincoln during the Siege of Savannah and also fought at Augusta
1804 GA Capital was named after him
He signed into law the first land lottery in the history of the state Governor 1802-1806
William Harris Crawford - Answer -Two-time U.S. presidential nominee, most
controversial presidential election in 1824 - "Corrupt Bargain"
Elected to GA house of representatives and senate as a member of the democratic-
republican party; state superior court judge
John Forsyth - Answer -Served in US house of rep, the US senate, and 33rd governor
of GA; appointed secretary of state; for slavery
As minister of Spain he is credited with negotiating the treaty that annexed Florida from
Spain
Governor 1827-1828
George Gilmer - Answer -Successful efforts to remove the Cherokees from the state
State legislator, a U.S. congressman, and an army officer during the War of 1812
Served as a teacher, an author, a historian, a lawyer, and a trustee of the University of
Georgia
Two time GA Governor 1829-1831, 1837-1839
George Mathews - Answer -Governor 1787-1788
Signed the Yazoo Act in January 1795
Known for shady land deals in GA
John Clarke - Answer -Captain in the GA Militia - fought in the Battle of Kettle Creek
and in Augusta, 1787 militia victory over the Creek Indians at Jack's Creek Governor
1819-1823
James Oglethorpe - Answer -Founding Trustee and Governor of the Georgia colony
1733
Opposed slavery and respected GA Indian customs
Mary Musgrove - Answer -Served as an interpreter between Oglethorpe and
Tomochichi (she was part Native American and part British)
Tomochichi - Answer -Chief of the Yamacraw who gave James Oglethorpe land for the
Savannah settlement - Yamacraw Bluff
William Stephens - Answer -Secretary of the Trustee 1737 - supported Trustee policies,
wrote "A State of the Province of GA"
Appointed President 1741-1751 - authority to grant land
John Reynolds - Answer -First man to hold the title of Royal Governor in GA 1754
Was removed by the British Board of Trade in 1757 because of his dictatorial and
spendthrift ways
Henry Ellis - Answer -Second Royal Governor of GA - replaced John Reynolds in 1757
Resigned in 1760 due to health reasons
He wore a thermometer
James Wright - Answer -Third Royal Governor of GA 1760-1782 - fled when the
American Revolution started
Played an instrumental role in two large land cessions for the state from Georgia's
Native American neighbors
Noble Wimberly Jones - Answer -"Morning Star of Liberty"
Speaker of Commons, Whig (patriot) against British taxation
Member of convention that created the States Constitution in 1777
George Walton - Answer -One of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of
Independence
Elected Governor in 1779
Lyman Hall - Answer -One of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence
GA Governor 1783-1784
Button Gwinnet - Answer -One of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of
Independence
Was killed in a pistol duel with Lachlan McIntosh over the command of GA forces
,Lachlan McIntosh - Answer -Whig (patriot) In charge of defense during the Battle of
Rice Boats in the Savannah harbor in an effort to defend the city from British
Killed Button Gwinnett in a pistol duel over the command of GA forces
Elijah Clarke - Answer -Led troops at Battle of Kettle Creek
Whig (patriot) leader for the Georgia militia during the Revolution
Commissioner for treaties with Native Americans
Thomas Brown - Answer -Torie (loyalist) who was defeated (against Elijah Clarke) in
the Battle of Kettle Creek Feb 1779 and victory pursuing Americans in the Battle of Briar
Creek March 1779 restoring the royal government.
Opposed Sons of Liberty
Nancy Hart - Answer -Whig (patriot) supporter that killed one and wounded a second
loyalists that came into her house to steal from her. The remaining loyalist were hung by
her husband, Benjamin Hart
Archibald Campbell - Answer -Torie (loyalist) lieutenant colonel who captured
Savannah in December 1778 and Augusta in January 1779 during the American
Revolution
Count Charles Henri d'Estaing - Answer -French ally to General Benjamin Lincoln
(Continental Commander) that tried unsuccessfully to recapture Savannah in "the Seige
of Savannah" the second deadliest battle during the Revolutionary war in 1779
James Jackson - Answer -Overturned the Yazoo land fraud of 1795 Served in the
Georgia militia in the American Revolutionary War; served at the defense of Savannah,
the Battle of Cowpens, and the recapture of Augusta and Savannah An early GA
politician of the Democrat-Republican Party
Anthony Wayne - Answer -General "Mad" sent by General Nathanael Greene to push
the British out of Savannah 1782
Defeated James Jackson for reelection to Congress in 1791, but voting irregularities on
the part of his supporters found that he did not win fairly
Negotiated peace treaties with both the Creek and the Cherokee
Nathanael Greene - Answer -General of the Revolutionary War, his leadership freed
Georgia from British forces
Henry Light-horse Harry Lee - Answer -Colonel sent by General Nathanael Greene to
support the revolutionaries as they pushed the British out of Augusta 1781
Abraham Baldwin - Answer -Founder of UGA in 1785 by creating a statewide
educational and funding program
US Senator
, One of four Georgia delegates to the constitutional convention of 1777 and one of two
that signed the GA Constitution
Signed the US Constitution in 1787
William Few - Answer -Fought in the Battle of Burke County Jail
One of four Georgia delegates to the constitutional convention of 1777 and one of two
that signed the GA Constitution
Signed the US Constitution in 1787
Josiah Meigs - Answer -Second President of UGA
Implemented the state's first physics curriculum
Eli Whitney - Answer -Inventor of the cotton gin that revolutionized the southern
economy in Mulberry Grove Plantation near Savannah
John Milledge - Answer -He served in the forces of Count Charles Henri d'Estaing and
General Benjamin Lincoln during the Siege of Savannah and also fought at Augusta
1804 GA Capital was named after him
He signed into law the first land lottery in the history of the state Governor 1802-1806
William Harris Crawford - Answer -Two-time U.S. presidential nominee, most
controversial presidential election in 1824 - "Corrupt Bargain"
Elected to GA house of representatives and senate as a member of the democratic-
republican party; state superior court judge
John Forsyth - Answer -Served in US house of rep, the US senate, and 33rd governor
of GA; appointed secretary of state; for slavery
As minister of Spain he is credited with negotiating the treaty that annexed Florida from
Spain
Governor 1827-1828
George Gilmer - Answer -Successful efforts to remove the Cherokees from the state
State legislator, a U.S. congressman, and an army officer during the War of 1812
Served as a teacher, an author, a historian, a lawyer, and a trustee of the University of
Georgia
Two time GA Governor 1829-1831, 1837-1839
George Mathews - Answer -Governor 1787-1788
Signed the Yazoo Act in January 1795
Known for shady land deals in GA
John Clarke - Answer -Captain in the GA Militia - fought in the Battle of Kettle Creek
and in Augusta, 1787 militia victory over the Creek Indians at Jack's Creek Governor
1819-1823
