GEORGIA HISTORY EXAM REVIEWS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
James Oglethorpe - CORRECT ANSWER-Founding Trustee
and Governor of the Georgia colony 1733
Opposed slavery and respected GA Indian customs
Mary Musgrove - CORRECT ANSWER-Served as an
interpreter between Oglethorpe and Tomochichi (she was part
Native American and part British)
Tomochichi - CORRECT ANSWER-Chief of the Yamacraw who
gave James Oglethorpe land for the Savannah settlement -
Yamacraw Bluff
William Stephens - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER-Second Royal Governor of
GA - replaced John Reynolds in 1757
,Resigned in 1760 due to health reasons
He wore a thermometer
James Wright - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER-One of three Georgia
signers of the Declaration of Independence
Elected Governor in 1779
Lyman Hall - CORRECT ANSWER-One of three Georgia
signers of the Declaration of Independence
GA Governor 1783-1784
Button Gwinnet - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
James Oglethorpe - CORRECT ANSWER-Founding Trustee
and Governor of the Georgia colony 1733
Opposed slavery and respected GA Indian customs
Mary Musgrove - CORRECT ANSWER-Served as an
interpreter between Oglethorpe and Tomochichi (she was part
Native American and part British)
Tomochichi - CORRECT ANSWER-Chief of the Yamacraw who
gave James Oglethorpe land for the Savannah settlement -
Yamacraw Bluff
William Stephens - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER-Second Royal Governor of
GA - replaced John Reynolds in 1757
,Resigned in 1760 due to health reasons
He wore a thermometer
James Wright - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER-One of three Georgia
signers of the Declaration of Independence
Elected Governor in 1779
Lyman Hall - CORRECT ANSWER-One of three Georgia
signers of the Declaration of Independence
GA Governor 1783-1784
Button Gwinnet - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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
