Q 01/05

What is the capital of Georgia?

A) Atlanta

B) Macon

C) Augusta

D) Savannah

Answer · why

A) Atlanta

Atlanta has been Georgia's capital since 1868, after Savannah, Augusta, Louisville and Milledgeville each held the role; it is also the state's larges...

Q 02/05

Which British general founded the colony of Georgia, landing at Yamacraw Bluff?

A) John Winthrop

B) James Oglethorpe

C) Walter Raleigh

D) William Penn

Answer · why

B) James Oglethorpe

James Oglethorpe led the first settlers ashore at Yamacraw Bluff to found Savannah; the Trustees planned the colony as a buffer against Spanish Florid...

Q 03/05

Georgia was named in honor of which British monarch?

A) George I

B) Queen Anne

C) George II

D) George III

Answer · why

C) George II

King George II granted the colony's charter in 1732 and the Trustees named it Georgia in his honour; it was the last and southernmost of the original ...

Q 04/05

In what year was Georgia, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies, established?

A) 1701

B) 1607

C) 1681

D) 1733

Answer · why

D) 1733

Georgia was established in 1733, 126 years after Virginia (1607); it went on to become the fourth state to ratify the Constitution, in 1788.

Q 05/05

Which three states ratified the U.S. Constitution before Georgia, the fourth to do so?

A) Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey

B) Virginia, Massachusetts and New York

C) Delaware, Maryland and Virginia

D) Connecticut, New Hampshire and Rhode Island

Answer · why

A) Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey

Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey all ratified in December 1787; Georgia followed unanimously on January 2, 1788, and Rhode Island came last in 17...