US & GA History Exemption Exam (UGA)
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
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In what year was Georgia established? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1732
When did settlement take place in Savannah? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1733
How long was Georgia in existence before there was a governor or
governing body within the colony itself? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Two decades
Who ruled Georgia in the beginning? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Board of Trustees
Define: Board of Trustees - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The governing body of Georgia
in London England. King George signed a charter establishing the colony
and creating its governing board
What years is Georgia referred to as "Trustee Georgia"? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔1732 - 1752
,What were four things that were outlawed when Georgia was founded? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔slavery, rum, lawyers, and Catholics
Who was the impetus behind Georgia's founding? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔James
Edward Ogelthorpe
Battle of Bloody Marsh - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔On St. Simons Island between the
English and the Spanish. It was an attempt of the Spanish to invade
Georgia
Who from Georgia signed the Declaration of Independence? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton
Who from Georgia signed the US Constitution? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Abraham
Baldwin and William Few Jr.
Which state was Georgia to enter the Union when it ratified the Constitution
in 1788? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Fourth
What was the most serious military confrontation between British and
American troops? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Siege of Savannah in 1779
Where was the capital moved to and from in 1779? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Savannah to Augusta
, Battle of Kettle Creek - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Took place in Wilkes County
Nancy Hart - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a female patriot and spy credited with killing
several Tories at her home
When was the ban on slavery in Georgia lifted? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1752
Eli Whitney - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔inventor of the cotton gin
Yazoo land fraud - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1795, the sale of western land to four
land companies after the governor and members of the General Assembly
had been bribed / land companies bribed GA leaders to sell land cheaply;
resulted in U.S. take-over of disputed land
James Edward Ogelthorpe - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The leader of English
Parliament who founded the Georgia colony, in order to create an effective
buffer from the Spanish and Spanish controlled Florida.
University of Georgia - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Founded in 1785, first university in
the nation established by a state government
Wesleyan College - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Established in Macon in 1836, the first
degree-granting women's college in the world
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2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
| 100% Pass
In what year was Georgia established? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1732
When did settlement take place in Savannah? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1733
How long was Georgia in existence before there was a governor or
governing body within the colony itself? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Two decades
Who ruled Georgia in the beginning? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Board of Trustees
Define: Board of Trustees - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The governing body of Georgia
in London England. King George signed a charter establishing the colony
and creating its governing board
What years is Georgia referred to as "Trustee Georgia"? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔1732 - 1752
,What were four things that were outlawed when Georgia was founded? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔slavery, rum, lawyers, and Catholics
Who was the impetus behind Georgia's founding? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔James
Edward Ogelthorpe
Battle of Bloody Marsh - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔On St. Simons Island between the
English and the Spanish. It was an attempt of the Spanish to invade
Georgia
Who from Georgia signed the Declaration of Independence? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton
Who from Georgia signed the US Constitution? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Abraham
Baldwin and William Few Jr.
Which state was Georgia to enter the Union when it ratified the Constitution
in 1788? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Fourth
What was the most serious military confrontation between British and
American troops? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Siege of Savannah in 1779
Where was the capital moved to and from in 1779? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Savannah to Augusta
, Battle of Kettle Creek - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Took place in Wilkes County
Nancy Hart - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a female patriot and spy credited with killing
several Tories at her home
When was the ban on slavery in Georgia lifted? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1752
Eli Whitney - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔inventor of the cotton gin
Yazoo land fraud - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1795, the sale of western land to four
land companies after the governor and members of the General Assembly
had been bribed / land companies bribed GA leaders to sell land cheaply;
resulted in U.S. take-over of disputed land
James Edward Ogelthorpe - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The leader of English
Parliament who founded the Georgia colony, in order to create an effective
buffer from the Spanish and Spanish controlled Florida.
University of Georgia - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Founded in 1785, first university in
the nation established by a state government
Wesleyan College - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Established in Macon in 1836, the first
degree-granting women's college in the world
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
