US & GA History Exemption Exam
question with answers
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"? - -1732 - 1752
-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 to secede from the Union? - -
fifth
-Howell Cobb - -in control of the Confederacy's organizing convention
-Thomas R. R. Cobb - -primary author of the Confederate Constitution
-William T. Sherman - -known for his military campaign "March to the Sea" in
which he marched from Atlanta to Savannah for his final siege. His troops
burned barns and houses, and destroyed the countryside. His march showed
a shift in the belief that only military targets should be destroyed. Civilian
centers could also be targets
-Reconstruction - -the period after the Civil War in the United States when
the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
question with answers
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"? - -1732 - 1752
-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 to secede from the Union? - -
fifth
-Howell Cobb - -in control of the Confederacy's organizing convention
-Thomas R. R. Cobb - -primary author of the Confederate Constitution
-William T. Sherman - -known for his military campaign "March to the Sea" in
which he marched from Atlanta to Savannah for his final siege. His troops
burned barns and houses, and destroyed the countryside. His march showed
a shift in the belief that only military targets should be destroyed. Civilian
centers could also be targets
-Reconstruction - -the period after the Civil War in the United States when
the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
