How long was Georgia in existence before Two decades
there was a governor or governing body
within the colony itself?
Who ruled Georgia in the beginning? Board of Trustees
The governing body of Georgia in London England. King George signed a charter
Define: Board of Trustees
establishing the colony and creating its governing board
What years is Georgia referred to as "Trustee 1732 - 1752
Georgia"?
What were four things that were outlawed slavery, rum, lawyers, and Catholics
when Georgia was founded?
Who was the impetus behind Georgia's James Edward Ogelthorpe
founding?
On St. Simons Island between the English and the Spanish. It was an attempt of the
Battle of Bloody Marsh
Spanish to invade Georgia
Who from Georgia signed the Declaration of Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton
Independence?
Who from Georgia signed the US Abraham Baldwin and William Few Jr.
Constitution?
Which state was Georgia to enter the Union Fourth
when it ratified the Constitution in 1788?
What was the most serious military Siege of Savannah in 1779
confrontation between British and American
troops?
Where was the capital moved to and from in Savannah to Augusta
1779?
Battle of Kettle Creek Took place in Wilkes County
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Nancy Hart a female patriot and spy credited with killing several Tories at her home
When was the ban on slavery in Georgia 1752
lifted?
Eli Whitney inventor of the cotton gin
1795, the sale of western land to four land companies after the governor and members
Yazoo land fraud 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
The leader of English Parliament who founded the Georgia colony, in order to create an
James Edward Ogelthorpe
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
The Cherokees forced exile from the states northewestern territory in 1838 - 1839. It
Trail of Tears
became a symbol of the trauma and suffering all experienced
What was Georgia referred to as by the "Empire State of the South"
1860s?
Which state was Georgia out of all the states fifth
to secede from the Union?
Howell Cobb in control of the Confederacy's organizing convention
Thomas R. R. Cobb primary author of the Confederate Constitution
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
William T. Sherman
countryside. His march showed a shift in the belief that only military targets should be
destroyed. Civilian centers could also be targets
the period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were
Reconstruction
reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
established by Congress to aid African Americans undergoing the transition from
Freedmen's Bureau
slavery to freedom in the aftermath of the Civil War
Klu Klux Klan Terrorist organization devoted to racial inequality, suffering and evil, established 1868
Governor James Jackson Overturned the Yazoo Act; elected to First Congress; lost reelection
Governor from Georgia who tried at times to keep his own troops apart from the
Confederate forces and insisted on hoarding surplus supplies for his own state's militias.
Joseph Brown
He believed that his state had seceded so that it didn't have to follow the dictates of a
central government.
Milledgeville Georgia's fourth capital and seat of the state government during the Civil War
A jurist who became associate justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia in the 1850s. He
Henry L. Benning then became a vocal advocate for secession and earned the rank of brigadier general
during the Civil War
A senator and extremist from Georgia who said that the South would never let the
Robert Toombs
federal government be controlled by the Republican party and threatened secession.
He served as the Governor of Georgia from 1868 to 1871 during Reconstruction and was
Rufus Bullock the first Republican governor of Georgia. After various allegations of scandal, in 1871 he
was obliged by the Ku Klux Klan to resign the governorship.
US & GA History Exemption Exam (UGA)
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