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US & GA History Exemption Exam (UGA)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. King 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 Catholics
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
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 - ✔️ 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 - ✔️ 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
Trail of Tears - ✔️ The Cherokees forced exile from the states
northewestern territory in 1838 - 1839. It became a symbol of the trauma and
suffering all experienced
What was Georgia referred to as by the 1860s? - ✔️ "Empire State of the
South"
Which state was Georgia out of all the states to secede from the Union? -
✔️ fifth
Howell Cobb - ✔️ in control of the Confederacy's organizing convention
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