US & GA History Exemption Exam (UGA)
In what year was Georgia established? - ANS - 1732
When did settlement take place in Savannah? - ANS - 1733
How long was Georgia in existence before there was a governor or governi
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US & GA History Exemption Exam (UGA)
In what year was Georgia established? - ANS - 1732
When did settlement take place in Savannah? - ANS - 1733
How long was Georgia in existence before there was a governor or governing body within the colony
itself? - ANS - Two decades
Who ruled Georgia in the beginning? - ANS - Board of Trustees
Define: Board of Trustees - ANS - 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"? - ANS - 1732 - 1752
What were four things that were outlawed when Georgia was founded? - ANS - slavery, rum, lawyers,
and Catholics
Who was the impetus behind Georgia's founding? - ANS - James Edward Ogelthorpe
Battle of Bloody Marsh - ANS - 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? - ANS - Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and
George Walton
Who from Georgia signed the US Constitution? - ANS - Abraham Baldwin and William Few Jr.
Which state was Georgia to enter the Union when it ratified the Constitution in 1788? - ANS - Fourth
What was the most serious military confrontation between British and American troops? - ANS - Siege
of Savannah in 1779
Where was the capital moved to and from in 1779? - ANS - Savannah to Augusta
Battle of Kettle Creek - ANS - Took place in Wilkes County
Nancy Hart - ANS - a female patriot and spy credited with killing several Tories at her home
When was the ban on slavery in Georgia lifted? - ANS - 1752
Eli Whitney - ANS - inventor of the cotton gin
Yazoo land fraud - ANS - 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 - ANS - 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 - ANS - Founded in 1785, first university in the nation established by a state
government
Wesleyan College - ANS - Established in Macon in 1836, the first degree-granting women's college in
the world
Trail of Tears - ANS - The Cherokees forced exile fr
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