GCSU GA HISTORY EXAM FULL REVISED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Majority of native American Indians in Georgia at the time of English colonization were: -
Creek
Which was NOT an important reason for the founding of Georgia in 1733 - To provide a
place to send debtors and other convicts to get them out of Britain (Important reasons: wanted
to provide new start for Britain's poor, defense buffer between Spanish, and wanted GA to fit
into British mercantilism)
Significance of battle of Bloody Marsh in 1740's during War of Jenkins' Ear was that it ended in
chances for - Spanish (significant English victory)
Georgia was founded by - King George II
Most influential person in founding and settling of GA - James Oglethorpe
Raw materials that the English government wanted colonial Georgia to produce - Silk,
indigo, wine
Which is true of Georgia in American Revolution - Savannah fell to British by end of 1778
During earlier phase of American Revolution, Georgia unsuccessfully tried to launch attacks
against - Royal governor in Savannah
, Georgia lost its western land, now Alabama and Mississippi, because of - Yazoo Land
Fraud
Major croup introduced in Georgia back country - Rice
After 1803, most Georgia's land was granted by - Land lottery system/the headright
system
Georgia Indians who began to adopt Euro American civilization in the 1800 were: -
Cherokee
In the Antebellum period, Georgia decided to base most of its transportations system on -
Railroads
One of the few emerging industries in antebellum Georgia was - Textiles
Before the Civil War, three-fifths of Georgia's families owned - no slaves
Which towns were founded because of their location at the fall lines of major rivers: -
Macon and Augusta
Free blacks in Georgia before the Civil war worked in all the following occupations except -
Seamstresses
The capital of Georgia in the Antebellum period was - Milledgeville
During Civil war, all were in Georgia except - The Confederate capital
CORRECT Answers
Majority of native American Indians in Georgia at the time of English colonization were: -
Creek
Which was NOT an important reason for the founding of Georgia in 1733 - To provide a
place to send debtors and other convicts to get them out of Britain (Important reasons: wanted
to provide new start for Britain's poor, defense buffer between Spanish, and wanted GA to fit
into British mercantilism)
Significance of battle of Bloody Marsh in 1740's during War of Jenkins' Ear was that it ended in
chances for - Spanish (significant English victory)
Georgia was founded by - King George II
Most influential person in founding and settling of GA - James Oglethorpe
Raw materials that the English government wanted colonial Georgia to produce - Silk,
indigo, wine
Which is true of Georgia in American Revolution - Savannah fell to British by end of 1778
During earlier phase of American Revolution, Georgia unsuccessfully tried to launch attacks
against - Royal governor in Savannah
, Georgia lost its western land, now Alabama and Mississippi, because of - Yazoo Land
Fraud
Major croup introduced in Georgia back country - Rice
After 1803, most Georgia's land was granted by - Land lottery system/the headright
system
Georgia Indians who began to adopt Euro American civilization in the 1800 were: -
Cherokee
In the Antebellum period, Georgia decided to base most of its transportations system on -
Railroads
One of the few emerging industries in antebellum Georgia was - Textiles
Before the Civil War, three-fifths of Georgia's families owned - no slaves
Which towns were founded because of their location at the fall lines of major rivers: -
Macon and Augusta
Free blacks in Georgia before the Civil war worked in all the following occupations except -
Seamstresses
The capital of Georgia in the Antebellum period was - Milledgeville
During Civil war, all were in Georgia except - The Confederate capital
