US & GA History Exemption Exam (UGA) Already Passed 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...
US & GA History Exemption Exam (UGA) Already Passed 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. K ing 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 Cat holics 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 companie s 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 Georgi a 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
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