US & GA History Exemption Exam (UGA)

US & GA History Exemption Exam (UGA) In what year was Georgia established? - 1732 When did settlement take place in Savannah? - 1733 How long was Georgia in existence before there was a governor or governing body within the colony itself? - Two decades Who ruled Georgia in the beginning? - Board of Trustees Define: Board of Trustees - 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"? - What were four things that were outlawed when Georgia was founded? - slavery, rum, lawyers, and Catholics Who was the impetus behind Georgia's founding? - James Edward Ogelthorpe Battle of Bloody Marsh - On St. Simons Island between the English and the Spanish. It was an attempt of the Spanish to invade Georgia Who from Georgia signed the Declaration of Independence? - Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton Who from Georgia signed the US Constitution? - Abraham Baldwin and William Few Jr. Which state was Georgia to enter the Union when it ratified the Constitution in 1788? - Fourth What was the most serious military confrontation between British and American troops? - Siege of Savannah in 1779 Where was the capital moved to and from in 1779? - Savannah to Augusta Battle of Kettle Creek - Took place in Wilkes County Nancy Hart - a female patriot and spy credited with killing several Tories at her home When was the ban on slavery in Georgia lifted? - 1752 Eli Whitney - inventor of the cotton gin Yazoo land fraud - 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 - The leader of English Parliament who founded the Georgia colony, in order to create an effective buffer from the Spanish and Spanish controlled Florida. University of Georgia - Founded in 1785, first university in the nation established by a state government Wesleyan College - Established in Macon in 1836, the first degree-granting women's college in the world Trail of Tears - The Cherokees forced exile from the states northewestern territory in 1838 - 1839. It became a symbol of the trauma and suffering all experienced What was Georgia referred to as by the 1860s? - "Empire State of the South" Which state was Georgia out of all the states