UGA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM SCRIPT FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS GUARANTEED TO PASS

UGA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM SCRIPT
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS

●● Georgia was the ________ colony to settle
Answer: 13th


●● Georgia was initially founded and ruled by
Answer: a board of Trustees


●● What four things were initially banned in Georgia
Answer: slavery, rum, lawyers, and catholics


●● Rum was legalized in
Answer: 1742


●● Slavery was legalized in
Answer: 1751


●● From 1752 - 1776, the colony was ruled by
Answer: royally appointed governors

, ●● 3 royal governors
Answer: John Reynolds, Henry Ellis, James Wright


●● The initial impetus behind Georgia's founding came from
Answer: James E. Oglethorpe


●● Oglethorpe originally intended GA to be
Answer: a refuge for the debtors who crowded London's prisons


●● Britain wanted Georgia to be
Answer: a buffer between other southern colonies and the Spanish


●● At the Battle of __________ on ___________________,
________________ kept the Spanish at bay
Answer: Bloody Marsh
St. Simon's Island
Oglethorpe


●● Georgia was named for
Answer: King George II