LATEST Georgia History Exemption Exam 100% SOLUTION

5 major regions of Georgia - ANSWER Plateau Ridge & Valley Blue Ridge Piedmont East Gulf Coastal plain Atlantic Coastal plain Coastal plain - ANSWER Atlantic ocean to 150mi inland to fall line 60% of state Piedmont - ANSWER rolling hills (foothills) most fertile/populous 30% of state Blue Ridge - ANSWER Tallest mountains/rocky slopes Plateau - ANSWER Northwest smallest region of GA Ridge and Valley - ANSWER North between Plateau/Blue Ridge rich soils/pastures/hardwoods Native Americans in Mississippian period called - ANSWER Mound Builders-built houses of clay and earthen mounds Mound builders settled - ANSWER near rivers long growing season large deer populations Mound builders society - ANSWER villages joined under single cheifdom, stratified and hierarchical society Hernando de Soto - ANSWER Spanish conquistador that encountered NA of Mississippian period Georgia's oldest known european settlement - ANSWER Santina Catalina de Guale Spainards exploring in 1540 with Hernando de Soto - ANSWER were reduced by disease, exposure, warfare Native Americans that survived early explorations of GA - ANSWER Cherokee Creek Native Americans were devastated by what - ANSWER smallpox measles Guale - ANSWER main chief of NA on GA coastal islands of St. Catherine's (reason the Spanish called GA Santina Catalina de Guale) other European nations that were looking to settle North America - ANSWER France- set on Canada English-North American eastern seaboard reasons for establishment of GA - ANSWER Philanthropic: new start for worthy poor of Englad/refuge for Protestants in Europe Military: establish defensive buffer against Spanish in FL Economic: increase Britian's wealth/produce exotic items like silk, wine, olives 3 categories of restrictions placed by Trustees on GA settlers - ANSWER Restrictions on land ownership prohibition of hard liquor prohibition of slavery Oglethorpe's role in settlement - ANSWER defacto leader who meat with Tomochichi commanded troops in defense of colony Who gave Oglethorpe permission to settle Yamacraw Bluff? - ANSWER Chief of Yamacraws, Tomochichi War of Jenkins Ear - ANSWER War between England and Spain Battle of Bloody Marsh - ANSWER British victory over Spanish at Fort Frederica in 1742 Malconents - ANSWER Georgia settlers that petitioned for Slavery in Georgia How did slavery effect GA development - ANSWER Georgia population grew plantations grew Royal Governors - ANSWER John Reynolds-unpopular Henry Ellis-did not like heat James Wright-governor from GA economy under royal gov - ANSWER resembled SC, one crop plantations, slave labor, lumber, livestock, fur trading requirements for voting in colonial GA - ANSWER white males owning 50+ acres of land How did GA state boundaries change between - ANSWER Southern boundary extended to St. Mary's river Western boundary expanded to Mississippi River (1763) Why did GA not join rebellion against GB immediately? - ANSWER dependent on British, wanted defense against Creek NA What Georgians signed the Declaration of Independence? - ANSWER George Walton Lyman Hall Button Gwinnett First governor elected by legislative assembly - ANSWER John Adam Treutlen Which Georgian lost is life in a duel with a fellow Georgian? (that signed Declaration of Independence) - ANSWER Button Gwinnet was killed by Lachlan McIntosh 3 Provisions for constitution of 1777 - ANSWER Unicameral legislative assembly governor elected by legislative assembly one year term for governor Obstacles faced by Whigs during Revolutionary war - ANSWER could not always come to a consensus on the future of GA apathy and division among general populace could not finance the war When and how did revolution arrive in GA - ANSWER 1778 British decided to focus military effort on the South