Georgia History -Practice test

What Spanish explorer crossed Georgia hoping to find cities of gold?

• Hernando de Soto
• John Cabot
• Ponce de Leon
• Henry Hudson

Who established the colony of Georgia?

• Samuel de Champlain
• James Oglethorpe
• John Reynolds
• Tom Watson

What Indian chief helped early Georgia settlers?

• Yamacraw
• Tomochichi
• Sitting Bull
• Geronimo

Who opposed restrictions on slavery, land sales, and liquor in Georgia

• malcontents
• Highland Scots
• Salzburgers
• James Oglethorpe

What stopped settlers from moving west beyond the Appalachian Mountains

• Colonization Law
• Boundaries Act
• Proclamation of 1763
• Settlement Act

What punished colonists for rebellious activities like the Boston Tea Party?

• Intolerable Acts
• Stamp Act
• Molasses Act
• Tea Act

Which Georgia signed the Declaration of Independence

• James Oglethorpe
• Henry Hudson
• Casimir Pulaski
• Button Gwinnett

What Revolutionary War battle broke the British stronghold in Georgia

• Siege of Savannah
• Battle of Virginia
• Battle of Kettle Creek
• Battle of Britain

What Georgia slave was freed to take his master's place in the Revolutionary War

• Elijah Clarke
• Dred Scott
• Austin Dabney
• John Adams

In what year was Georgia's first constitution adopted

• 1776
• 1800
• 1840
• 1777