GA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM 100% SOLUTION 2023//2024

GA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM 100% SOLUTION 2023//2024 Three reasons for the establishment of Georgia - ANSWER Philanthropic Military Economic Strict rules established my the Trustees for the colony - ANSWER Restrictions on land ownership Prohibition of hard liquor Prohibition of slavery defacto leader and one of the Trustees of the first settlers in Georgia. helped establish Savannah, Augusta, and Fort Frederica - ANSWER James Oglethorpe longest serving, most influential governor of the Royal Colony. Expanded and opened Georgia's frontier to farmers by obtaining peaceful land cessions from the Native Americans - ANSWER James Wright Allowed Oglethorpe to settle on Yamacraw Bluff; advised Oglethorpe on Indian affairs, chief of the Yamacraw - ANSWER Tomochichi first governing document of independent Georgia put into place by Provincial Congress (Whigs) - ANSWER The Rules and Regulations first governor of GA - ANSWER John Treutlen in 1795, Georgia legislators sold over 40 acres of land to 4 land companies for 1.5 cents per acre; they were voted out of office and deal nullified by James Jackson - ANSWER Yazoo Land Fraud Supreme Court rule stating the state couldn't nullify the Yazoo Land deal - ANSWER Fletcher v. Peck (1810) Georgians who signed the Declaration of Independence - ANSWER George Walton Lyman Hall Button Gwinnett Capitals of Georgia - ANSWER Savannah - Augusta - Louisville - Milledgeville - Atlanta Supreme Court decision that ruled that Georgia had no right to interfere with the Cherokees controlled land - ANSWER Worcester v. Georgia the trek of Native Americans, particularly the Cherokee, to Indian Territory - ANSWER Trail of Tears author of the Georgia Platform- a proclamation that endorsed the Compromise of 1850; appointed justice as the Supreme Court of GA; governor of GA during reconstruction; he refused to allow state funds to be used for a racially integrated state constitutional convention - ANSWER Charles Jenkins governor of Ga in 1857 and 1859; he campaigned as a champion of non-slaveholding upcountry masses but also had ties to fireeaters; he worked to strengthen state defenses for the war - ANSWER Joseph E. Brown Vice President of the Confederacy (1861-65), elected to US Senate and served as governor of GA from '82-'83 - ANSWER Alexander Stephens Athens lawyer instrumental in drafting the Confederate constitution - ANSWER Thomas R. R. Cobb What did Georgia contribute to the war? - ANSWER Manpower (12,000 men), Money, Supplies (ammunition and clothing) Union General who destroyed South during "march to the sea" from Atlanta to Savannah, completely burned down Atanta - ANSWER William Sherman When did reconstruction of Georgia end/state redeemed? - ANSWER 1871 laws that restricted African Americans' rights and opportunities in order to keep them in a condition as close to slaves, blacks weren't allowed to vote, serve on juries, or testify against whites - ANSWER The Black Cod