UGA HISTORY ASSESSMENT SHEET &
MASTER ASSESSMENT FORESIGHT 2026.
⫸ Hernando de Soto. Answer: -explored deep in USA
-first to cross and disocer Miss. River
-claimed for Spain
⫸ Georgia first colonized by Spanish because they were looking for.
Answer: gold and land
⫸ James Edward Oglethorpe. Answer: The leader of English
Parliament who founded the Georgia colony
⫸ James Wright. Answer: Georgia's third, and final, royal governor
⫸ Jamestown. Answer: -First permanent English settlement
-Starving time (1609-1610 80% died)
-1619: first slave ship of africans
- 1640: modern concept of slavery was established in US
⫸ Why did colonists come to the New World?. Answer: Religious
freedom
profit
,adventure...etc.
⫸ Original Trustees of Ga were provided what. Answer: 50 acres ,
free passage, provisions for 1 yr
⫸ William Penn. Answer: -Founder of Pennsylvania
-Pushed for democracy and religious freedom
-Quaker
-Wanted to unite all of the U.S. colonies
⫸ What country claimed Quebec?. Answer: The French
⫸ Who settled land west of the Mississippi River
A. The French
B. The Dutch
C. The Spanish
D. The British. Answer: A. The French
⫸ Who settled land in New York. Answer: The Dutch along Hudson
River later colonized New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island.
⫸ Main cash crop of Chesapeake Bay (Virginia and Maryland).
Answer: Tobacco
,⫸ ??? Early settlers wanted main crop to be ______ , ended up being
_______. Answer: wine/silk and rice/indigo
Later cash crops became tobacco and cotton
⫸ King Phillip's War. Answer: Most Indians lost in New England
King Philip's War was an armed conflict between American Indian
inhabitants of New England versus the New England colonists and
their Indian allies in 1675-78
⫸ Bacon's Rebellion. Answer: -armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia
settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William
Berkeley.
- First rebellion in the colonies
⫸ Many of the European settlers who first came to the New World
did so to escape religious persecution. Which colony was granted to a
benefactor for the purpose of settling the Quakers?
A. Virginia
B. Massachusetts
C. New Hampshire
D. Pennsylvania. Answer: D. Pennsylvania by William Penn
⫸ Early settlers in New England depended primarily upon what
source of labor?
A. their children
B. slaves
, C. indentured servants
D. wage laborers. Answer: A. their children
⫸ The Great Awakening. Answer: -Revival of religion in U.S. 1730's
Protestant
⫸ The Stono Rebellion. Answer: -1739
-Largest slave uprising in SC
-Leader Jemmy (Cato)
-Marched towards Spanish Florida, where they were promised
freedom and land
-Lead to the negro act of 1740 which restricted slave movements,
education, and assembly.
⫸ What were the main benefits of owning slaves. Answer: Source of
wealth and status
⫸ Battle of Bloody Marsh. Answer: Victory for Oglethorpe over the
Spanish on St. Simons Island in 1742
⫸ French and Indian War. Answer: -7 years war
-1754-1763
- Britian and France
The French and Indian War was fought to decide if Britain or France
would be the strong power in North America. France and its colonists
and Indian allies fought against Britain, its colonists and Indian allies.
MASTER ASSESSMENT FORESIGHT 2026.
⫸ Hernando de Soto. Answer: -explored deep in USA
-first to cross and disocer Miss. River
-claimed for Spain
⫸ Georgia first colonized by Spanish because they were looking for.
Answer: gold and land
⫸ James Edward Oglethorpe. Answer: The leader of English
Parliament who founded the Georgia colony
⫸ James Wright. Answer: Georgia's third, and final, royal governor
⫸ Jamestown. Answer: -First permanent English settlement
-Starving time (1609-1610 80% died)
-1619: first slave ship of africans
- 1640: modern concept of slavery was established in US
⫸ Why did colonists come to the New World?. Answer: Religious
freedom
profit
,adventure...etc.
⫸ Original Trustees of Ga were provided what. Answer: 50 acres ,
free passage, provisions for 1 yr
⫸ William Penn. Answer: -Founder of Pennsylvania
-Pushed for democracy and religious freedom
-Quaker
-Wanted to unite all of the U.S. colonies
⫸ What country claimed Quebec?. Answer: The French
⫸ Who settled land west of the Mississippi River
A. The French
B. The Dutch
C. The Spanish
D. The British. Answer: A. The French
⫸ Who settled land in New York. Answer: The Dutch along Hudson
River later colonized New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island.
⫸ Main cash crop of Chesapeake Bay (Virginia and Maryland).
Answer: Tobacco
,⫸ ??? Early settlers wanted main crop to be ______ , ended up being
_______. Answer: wine/silk and rice/indigo
Later cash crops became tobacco and cotton
⫸ King Phillip's War. Answer: Most Indians lost in New England
King Philip's War was an armed conflict between American Indian
inhabitants of New England versus the New England colonists and
their Indian allies in 1675-78
⫸ Bacon's Rebellion. Answer: -armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia
settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William
Berkeley.
- First rebellion in the colonies
⫸ Many of the European settlers who first came to the New World
did so to escape religious persecution. Which colony was granted to a
benefactor for the purpose of settling the Quakers?
A. Virginia
B. Massachusetts
C. New Hampshire
D. Pennsylvania. Answer: D. Pennsylvania by William Penn
⫸ Early settlers in New England depended primarily upon what
source of labor?
A. their children
B. slaves
, C. indentured servants
D. wage laborers. Answer: A. their children
⫸ The Great Awakening. Answer: -Revival of religion in U.S. 1730's
Protestant
⫸ The Stono Rebellion. Answer: -1739
-Largest slave uprising in SC
-Leader Jemmy (Cato)
-Marched towards Spanish Florida, where they were promised
freedom and land
-Lead to the negro act of 1740 which restricted slave movements,
education, and assembly.
⫸ What were the main benefits of owning slaves. Answer: Source of
wealth and status
⫸ Battle of Bloody Marsh. Answer: Victory for Oglethorpe over the
Spanish on St. Simons Island in 1742
⫸ French and Indian War. Answer: -7 years war
-1754-1763
- Britian and France
The French and Indian War was fought to decide if Britain or France
would be the strong power in North America. France and its colonists
and Indian allies fought against Britain, its colonists and Indian allies.
