US & GA History Exemption Exam (UGA)
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In what year was Georgia established? - ANSWER 1732
When did settlement take place in Savannah? - ANSWER 1733
How long was Georgia in existence before there was a governor or governing body
within the colony itself? - ANSWER Two decades
Who ruled Georgia in the beginning? - ANSWER Board of Trustees
Define: Board of Trustees - ANSWER 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"? - ANSWER 1732 - 1752
What were four things that were outlawed when Georgia was founded? - ANSWER
slavery, rum, lawyers, and Catholics
Who was the impetus behind Georgia's founding? - ANSWER James Edward
Ogelthorpe
Battle of Bloody Marsh - ANSWER 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? - ANSWER Button
Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton
Who from Georgia signed the US Constitution? - ANSWER Abraham Baldwin and
William Few Jr.
Which state was Georgia to enter the Union when it ratified the Constitution in 1788? -
ANSWER Fourth
What was the most serious military confrontation between British and American troops?
- ANSWER Siege of Savannah in 1779
Where was the capital moved to and from in 1779? - ANSWER Savannah to Augusta
Battle of Kettle Creek - ANSWER Took place in Wilkes County
, Nancy Hart - ANSWER a female patriot and spy credited with killing several Tories at
her home
When was the ban on slavery in Georgia lifted? - ANSWER 1752
Eli Whitney - ANSWER inventor of the cotton gin
Yazoo land fraud - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER Founded in 1785, first university in the nation
established by a state government
Wesleyan College - ANSWER Established in Macon in 1836, the first degree-granting
women's college in the world
his own state's militias. He believed that his state had seceded so that it didn't have to
follow the dictates of a central government.
Milledgeville - ANSWER Georgia's fourth capital and seat of the state government
during the Civil War
Henry L. Benning - ANSWER A jurist who became associate justice of the Supreme
Court of Georgia in the 1850s. He then became a vocal advocate for secession and
earned the rank of brigadier general during the Civil War
Robert Toombs - ANSWER A senator and extremist from Georgia who said that the
South would never let the federal government be controlled by the Republican party and
threatened secession.
Rufus Bullock - ANSWER He served as the Governor of Georgia from 1868 to 1871
during Reconstruction and was the first Republican governor of Georgia. After various
allegations of scandal, in 1871 he was obliged by the Ku Klux Klan to resign the
governorship.
Tunis Campbell - ANSWER Represented McIntosh County as a state senator and
served as a justice of the peace.Insisted on equal representation of blacks in juries and
otherwise championed their rights to the point of making himself an annoyance to the
whites. Was sentenced to a year of hard labor for improper conduct.
CORRECT 100%
In what year was Georgia established? - ANSWER 1732
When did settlement take place in Savannah? - ANSWER 1733
How long was Georgia in existence before there was a governor or governing body
within the colony itself? - ANSWER Two decades
Who ruled Georgia in the beginning? - ANSWER Board of Trustees
Define: Board of Trustees - ANSWER 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"? - ANSWER 1732 - 1752
What were four things that were outlawed when Georgia was founded? - ANSWER
slavery, rum, lawyers, and Catholics
Who was the impetus behind Georgia's founding? - ANSWER James Edward
Ogelthorpe
Battle of Bloody Marsh - ANSWER 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? - ANSWER Button
Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton
Who from Georgia signed the US Constitution? - ANSWER Abraham Baldwin and
William Few Jr.
Which state was Georgia to enter the Union when it ratified the Constitution in 1788? -
ANSWER Fourth
What was the most serious military confrontation between British and American troops?
- ANSWER Siege of Savannah in 1779
Where was the capital moved to and from in 1779? - ANSWER Savannah to Augusta
Battle of Kettle Creek - ANSWER Took place in Wilkes County
, Nancy Hart - ANSWER a female patriot and spy credited with killing several Tories at
her home
When was the ban on slavery in Georgia lifted? - ANSWER 1752
Eli Whitney - ANSWER inventor of the cotton gin
Yazoo land fraud - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER Founded in 1785, first university in the nation
established by a state government
Wesleyan College - ANSWER Established in Macon in 1836, the first degree-granting
women's college in the world
his own state's militias. He believed that his state had seceded so that it didn't have to
follow the dictates of a central government.
Milledgeville - ANSWER Georgia's fourth capital and seat of the state government
during the Civil War
Henry L. Benning - ANSWER A jurist who became associate justice of the Supreme
Court of Georgia in the 1850s. He then became a vocal advocate for secession and
earned the rank of brigadier general during the Civil War
Robert Toombs - ANSWER A senator and extremist from Georgia who said that the
South would never let the federal government be controlled by the Republican party and
threatened secession.
Rufus Bullock - ANSWER He served as the Governor of Georgia from 1868 to 1871
during Reconstruction and was the first Republican governor of Georgia. After various
allegations of scandal, in 1871 he was obliged by the Ku Klux Klan to resign the
governorship.
Tunis Campbell - ANSWER Represented McIntosh County as a state senator and
served as a justice of the peace.Insisted on equal representation of blacks in juries and
otherwise championed their rights to the point of making himself an annoyance to the
whites. Was sentenced to a year of hard labor for improper conduct.
