UGA HISTORY EXEMPTION CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION EXAMS COMPLETE ANSWERS
AND PRACTICE SOLUTION
●● James Jackson
Answer: October 18, 1819 - January 13, 1887. It was a US
representative from GA, a judge advocate American Civil War, and a
chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. He nullified the yazoo
sale and destructed records connected with the state. Later the Yazoo
lands was given to the Federal Goverment.
●● Iroquois League
Answer: Known as the haudenosaunee of the "People of the
Longhouse", are a league of several nations and tribes of indigenous
people of North America
●● Yazoo Fraud
Answer: a massive fraud perpetrated from 1794-1803 by several Georgia
governers and the state legislature.
●● James Gun
Answer: Arranged the distribution of money of the Yazoo fraud and land
to legislators, state officials, newspaper editors and cries of bribery and
corruption.
,●● Trail of Tears
Answer: Forced relocation and movement of Native American nations
from southeastern parts of the US following the Indian Removal Act of
1830. The removal included many members of the Cherokee, Muscogee,
Seminole, Chickasaw and Choctaw nations, among others in the US,
from their homelands to Indian territory (From Georgia to Oklahoma.)
●● Hernan Cortes
Answer: 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca (1485 - December 2, 1547)
was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall
of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico
under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th Century
●● The Stono Rebellion
Answer: Slave rebellion that commenced on September 9 1739, in the
colony of South Carolina. It was the largest slave uprising in the British
mainland colonies prior to the American Revolution.
●● William Penn
Answer: October 14, 1644 - July 30 1718. It was an English real estate
entrepreneur, philosopher and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania,
the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania
●● The Great Awakening
,Answer: Used to refer to several periods of religions revival in American
religious history. Historians and theologians identify three or four waves
of increased religious enthusiasm occurring between the early 18th and
late 19th century. Each of these was characterized by widespread
revivals lead by evangelical Protestant ministers, a sharp increase of
interest in religion, a profound sense of conviction and redemption on
the part of those affected, an increase in evangelical church membership
and the formation of new religious movements and denominations.
●● Indentured Servitude
Answer: Historical practice of contracting to work for a fixed period of
time, typically 3 to 7 years in exchange for transportation, food, clothing
lodging and other necessities during the term of indenture.
●● Quakers
Answer: Members of the Religious Society of friends. Came to North
America in the early days because they wanted to spread their beliefs to
the British colonists there, while others came to escape the persecution
that they were experiencing in Europe. First known quakers arrived in
1656. The colony of Rhode Island with its policy of religious freedom
was a frequent destionation as the Friends were persecuted by law in
Massachusetts until 1681. Pennsylvania was formed by William Penn in
1681 as a haven for persecuted.
●● Mercantilism
, Answer: the economic doctrine that government control of foreign trade
is of paramount importance for ensuring the prosperity and military
security of the state.
●● Thomas Paine
Answer: English-American political activist, author, political theorist
and revolutionary. As the author or two highly influential pamphlets at
the start of the American Revolution, he became one of the Founding
Fathers of the United States. He has been called "a corsetmaker by trade,
a journalist by profession, and a propagandist by inclination.
●● Alexander Hamilton
Answer: (January 11, 1755 or 177 - July 12, 1804) was a Founding
Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of Amrica's first
constitutional lawyers and the first US Secretary of the Treasury.
●● Federalist papers
Answer: Series of 85 articles of essays promoting the ratification of the
United States Constitution written by Alexander Hamilton, James
Madison, and john jay
●● French vs. Indian War
Answer: The war was fought primarily between the colonies of British
America and the New France, with both sides supported by military
units from their parent countries of Great Britain and France. In 1756 the
war escalated from a regional affair into a world-wide conflict. In
EVALUATION EXAMS COMPLETE ANSWERS
AND PRACTICE SOLUTION
●● James Jackson
Answer: October 18, 1819 - January 13, 1887. It was a US
representative from GA, a judge advocate American Civil War, and a
chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. He nullified the yazoo
sale and destructed records connected with the state. Later the Yazoo
lands was given to the Federal Goverment.
●● Iroquois League
Answer: Known as the haudenosaunee of the "People of the
Longhouse", are a league of several nations and tribes of indigenous
people of North America
●● Yazoo Fraud
Answer: a massive fraud perpetrated from 1794-1803 by several Georgia
governers and the state legislature.
●● James Gun
Answer: Arranged the distribution of money of the Yazoo fraud and land
to legislators, state officials, newspaper editors and cries of bribery and
corruption.
,●● Trail of Tears
Answer: Forced relocation and movement of Native American nations
from southeastern parts of the US following the Indian Removal Act of
1830. The removal included many members of the Cherokee, Muscogee,
Seminole, Chickasaw and Choctaw nations, among others in the US,
from their homelands to Indian territory (From Georgia to Oklahoma.)
●● Hernan Cortes
Answer: 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca (1485 - December 2, 1547)
was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall
of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico
under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th Century
●● The Stono Rebellion
Answer: Slave rebellion that commenced on September 9 1739, in the
colony of South Carolina. It was the largest slave uprising in the British
mainland colonies prior to the American Revolution.
●● William Penn
Answer: October 14, 1644 - July 30 1718. It was an English real estate
entrepreneur, philosopher and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania,
the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania
●● The Great Awakening
,Answer: Used to refer to several periods of religions revival in American
religious history. Historians and theologians identify three or four waves
of increased religious enthusiasm occurring between the early 18th and
late 19th century. Each of these was characterized by widespread
revivals lead by evangelical Protestant ministers, a sharp increase of
interest in religion, a profound sense of conviction and redemption on
the part of those affected, an increase in evangelical church membership
and the formation of new religious movements and denominations.
●● Indentured Servitude
Answer: Historical practice of contracting to work for a fixed period of
time, typically 3 to 7 years in exchange for transportation, food, clothing
lodging and other necessities during the term of indenture.
●● Quakers
Answer: Members of the Religious Society of friends. Came to North
America in the early days because they wanted to spread their beliefs to
the British colonists there, while others came to escape the persecution
that they were experiencing in Europe. First known quakers arrived in
1656. The colony of Rhode Island with its policy of religious freedom
was a frequent destionation as the Friends were persecuted by law in
Massachusetts until 1681. Pennsylvania was formed by William Penn in
1681 as a haven for persecuted.
●● Mercantilism
, Answer: the economic doctrine that government control of foreign trade
is of paramount importance for ensuring the prosperity and military
security of the state.
●● Thomas Paine
Answer: English-American political activist, author, political theorist
and revolutionary. As the author or two highly influential pamphlets at
the start of the American Revolution, he became one of the Founding
Fathers of the United States. He has been called "a corsetmaker by trade,
a journalist by profession, and a propagandist by inclination.
●● Alexander Hamilton
Answer: (January 11, 1755 or 177 - July 12, 1804) was a Founding
Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of Amrica's first
constitutional lawyers and the first US Secretary of the Treasury.
●● Federalist papers
Answer: Series of 85 articles of essays promoting the ratification of the
United States Constitution written by Alexander Hamilton, James
Madison, and john jay
●● French vs. Indian War
Answer: The war was fought primarily between the colonies of British
America and the New France, with both sides supported by military
units from their parent countries of Great Britain and France. In 1756 the
war escalated from a regional affair into a world-wide conflict. In
