REVIEWED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS FOR GEORGIA HISTORY
Philanthropic
Military
Economic - CORRECT ANSWER-Three reasons for the
establishment of Georgia
Restrictions on land ownership
Prohibition of hard liquor
Prohibition of slavery - CORRECT ANSWER-Strict rules
established my the Trustees for the colony
James Oglethorpe - CORRECT ANSWER-defacto leader and
one of the Trustees of the first settlers in Georgia. helped
establish Savannah, Augusta, and Fort Frederica
James Wright - CORRECT ANSWER-longest serving, most
influential governor of the Royal Colony. Expanded and opened
Georgia's frontier to farmers by obtaining peaceful land
cessions from the Native Americans
Tomochichi - CORRECT ANSWER-Allowed Oglethorpe to
settle on Yamacraw Bluff; advised Oglethorpe on Indian affairs,
chief of the Yamacraw
, The Rules and Regulations - CORRECT ANSWER-first
governing document of independent Georgia put into place by
Provincial Congress (Whigs)
John Treutlen - CORRECT ANSWER-first governor of GA
Yazoo Land Fraud - CORRECT ANSWER-in 1795, Georgia
legislators sold over 40 acres of land to 4 land companies for
1.5 cents per acre; they were voted out of office and deal
nullified by James Jackson
Fletcher v. Peck (1810) - CORRECT ANSWER-Supreme Court
rule stating the state couldn't nullify the Yazoo Land deal
George Walton
Lyman Hall
Button Gwinnett - CORRECT ANSWER-Georgians who signed
the Declaration of Independence
Savannah - Augusta - Louisville - Milledgeville - Atlanta -
CORRECT ANSWER-Capitals of Georgia
Worcester v. Georgia - CORRECT ANSWER-Supreme Court
decision that ruled that Georgia had no right to interfere with
the Cherokees controlled land
Trail of Tears - CORRECT ANSWER-the trek of Native
Americans, particularly the Cherokee, to Indian Territory
Charles Jenkins - CORRECT ANSWER-author of the Georgia
Platform- a proclamation that endorsed the Compromise of
1850; appointed justice as the Supreme Court of GA; governor
of GA during reconstruction; he refused to allow state funds to
be used for a racially integrated state constitutional convention
ANSWERS FOR GEORGIA HISTORY
Philanthropic
Military
Economic - CORRECT ANSWER-Three reasons for the
establishment of Georgia
Restrictions on land ownership
Prohibition of hard liquor
Prohibition of slavery - CORRECT ANSWER-Strict rules
established my the Trustees for the colony
James Oglethorpe - CORRECT ANSWER-defacto leader and
one of the Trustees of the first settlers in Georgia. helped
establish Savannah, Augusta, and Fort Frederica
James Wright - CORRECT ANSWER-longest serving, most
influential governor of the Royal Colony. Expanded and opened
Georgia's frontier to farmers by obtaining peaceful land
cessions from the Native Americans
Tomochichi - CORRECT ANSWER-Allowed Oglethorpe to
settle on Yamacraw Bluff; advised Oglethorpe on Indian affairs,
chief of the Yamacraw
, The Rules and Regulations - CORRECT ANSWER-first
governing document of independent Georgia put into place by
Provincial Congress (Whigs)
John Treutlen - CORRECT ANSWER-first governor of GA
Yazoo Land Fraud - CORRECT ANSWER-in 1795, Georgia
legislators sold over 40 acres of land to 4 land companies for
1.5 cents per acre; they were voted out of office and deal
nullified by James Jackson
Fletcher v. Peck (1810) - CORRECT ANSWER-Supreme Court
rule stating the state couldn't nullify the Yazoo Land deal
George Walton
Lyman Hall
Button Gwinnett - CORRECT ANSWER-Georgians who signed
the Declaration of Independence
Savannah - Augusta - Louisville - Milledgeville - Atlanta -
CORRECT ANSWER-Capitals of Georgia
Worcester v. Georgia - CORRECT ANSWER-Supreme Court
decision that ruled that Georgia had no right to interfere with
the Cherokees controlled land
Trail of Tears - CORRECT ANSWER-the trek of Native
Americans, particularly the Cherokee, to Indian Territory
Charles Jenkins - CORRECT ANSWER-author of the Georgia
Platform- a proclamation that endorsed the Compromise of
1850; appointed justice as the Supreme Court of GA; governor
of GA during reconstruction; he refused to allow state funds to
be used for a racially integrated state constitutional convention
