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GA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM Questions and
Verified answers 2025
Georgia History: overview - ....ANSWER....✔✔
Georgia was the last of the thirteen colonies to be
founded. Its formation came a half century after the
twelfth British colony.Georgia was the only colony
founded and ruled by a Board of Trustees, which was
based in London.
Mississippian Period: overview - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
(A.D. 800-1600), complex native cultures, organized as
chiefdoms, emerged and developed lifeways in
response to the particular features of their physical
surroundings.
chiefdoms - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ a specific kind of
human social organization with social ranking as a
fundamental part of their structure. In ranked societies
people belonged to one of two groupings, elites or
commoners.
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elites vs commoners - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ rested more
on ideological and religious beliefs than on such things
as wealth or military
Purpose of mounds in Mississippian culture - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ capitals of chiefdoms, platforms for buildings,
as stages for religious and social activities, and as
cemeteries.
Who was Georgia named after? - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
King George II
Hernando de soto in georgia - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ The
first European to explore the interior of what is now the
state of Georgia
discovered the true way the Indians lived, but
devastated their societies with the plague and small pox
spanish missions - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Located on
Georgia's barrier islands established to convert Native
Americans to Christianity Located near Native American
village centers (where the most people were) required
Native Americans to provide labor to the Spanish
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James Oglethorpe - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Founder and
governor of the Georgia colony. He ran a tightly-
disciplined, military-like colony. Slaves, alcohol, and
Catholicism were forbidden in his colony. Many colonists
felt that Oglethorpe was a dictator, and that (along
with the colonist's dissatisfaction over not being allowed
to own slaves) caused the colony to break down and
Oglethorpe to lose his position as governor.
What did oglethrop envision georgia to be -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ a refuge for the debtors who
crowded london prisons
Yamacraw Indians - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ a small band
that existed from the late 1720s to the mid-1740s in the
Savannah area. First led by Tomochichi and then by his
nephew and heir Toonahowi, they consisted of about
200 people and contained a mix of Lower Creeks and
Yamasees. worked with oglethorpe
malcontents - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Among those to
voice displeasure with the policies of General James
Oglethorpe and the Georgia Trustees during the early
years of Georgia's settlement
Led by:Patrick Tailfer Thomas Stephens.
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Tomochichi - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ cheif of the
yamacraw indians and acted as a mediator between
the native people and the new english settlers
Royal Georgia - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ refers to the
period between the termination of Trustee governance
of Georgia and the colony's declaration of
independence at the beginning of the American
Revolution (1775-83).
Battle of Bloody Marsh - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ On July
7, 1742, English and Spanish forces skirmished on St.
Simons Island in an encounter later known as the Battle
of Bloody Marsh.
This event was the only Spanish attempt to invade
Georgia during the War of Jenkins' Ear, and it resulted
in a significant English victory. General James
Oglethorpe redeemed his reputation from his defeat at
St. Augustine, Florida
First three royal governors of georgia - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ John Reynolds, Henry Ellis, James Wright
GA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM Questions and
Verified answers 2025
Georgia History: overview - ....ANSWER....✔✔
Georgia was the last of the thirteen colonies to be
founded. Its formation came a half century after the
twelfth British colony.Georgia was the only colony
founded and ruled by a Board of Trustees, which was
based in London.
Mississippian Period: overview - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
(A.D. 800-1600), complex native cultures, organized as
chiefdoms, emerged and developed lifeways in
response to the particular features of their physical
surroundings.
chiefdoms - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ a specific kind of
human social organization with social ranking as a
fundamental part of their structure. In ranked societies
people belonged to one of two groupings, elites or
commoners.
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elites vs commoners - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ rested more
on ideological and religious beliefs than on such things
as wealth or military
Purpose of mounds in Mississippian culture - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ capitals of chiefdoms, platforms for buildings,
as stages for religious and social activities, and as
cemeteries.
Who was Georgia named after? - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
King George II
Hernando de soto in georgia - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ The
first European to explore the interior of what is now the
state of Georgia
discovered the true way the Indians lived, but
devastated their societies with the plague and small pox
spanish missions - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Located on
Georgia's barrier islands established to convert Native
Americans to Christianity Located near Native American
village centers (where the most people were) required
Native Americans to provide labor to the Spanish
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James Oglethorpe - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Founder and
governor of the Georgia colony. He ran a tightly-
disciplined, military-like colony. Slaves, alcohol, and
Catholicism were forbidden in his colony. Many colonists
felt that Oglethorpe was a dictator, and that (along
with the colonist's dissatisfaction over not being allowed
to own slaves) caused the colony to break down and
Oglethorpe to lose his position as governor.
What did oglethrop envision georgia to be -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ a refuge for the debtors who
crowded london prisons
Yamacraw Indians - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ a small band
that existed from the late 1720s to the mid-1740s in the
Savannah area. First led by Tomochichi and then by his
nephew and heir Toonahowi, they consisted of about
200 people and contained a mix of Lower Creeks and
Yamasees. worked with oglethorpe
malcontents - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Among those to
voice displeasure with the policies of General James
Oglethorpe and the Georgia Trustees during the early
years of Georgia's settlement
Led by:Patrick Tailfer Thomas Stephens.
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Tomochichi - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ cheif of the
yamacraw indians and acted as a mediator between
the native people and the new english settlers
Royal Georgia - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ refers to the
period between the termination of Trustee governance
of Georgia and the colony's declaration of
independence at the beginning of the American
Revolution (1775-83).
Battle of Bloody Marsh - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ On July
7, 1742, English and Spanish forces skirmished on St.
Simons Island in an encounter later known as the Battle
of Bloody Marsh.
This event was the only Spanish attempt to invade
Georgia during the War of Jenkins' Ear, and it resulted
in a significant English victory. General James
Oglethorpe redeemed his reputation from his defeat at
St. Augustine, Florida
First three royal governors of georgia - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ John Reynolds, Henry Ellis, James Wright
