Capital Cities of Georgia Trivia Quiz

Answer: James Oglethorpe

Oglethorpe was one of the Trustees overseeing the colony, and the only one to have lived in the colony itself. He was seen as the de facto leader, and held so much sway that he was able to ban alcohol and slavery in the early colony. His anxiety over the Spanish's location in St. Augustine, however, led to his desire to establish a military presence further south to protect Savannah.

Answer: Frederica

Oglethorpe's presence in Frederica has led many historians to view it as another capital of the state. Fort Frederica still stands, and was designated as a national monument in 1936. Now the fort is open to the public as a historic area of the National Park Service. However, the city of Frederica was mostly abandoned due to economic decline after the garrison was disbanded.

Answer: False

No election or document formally designated Savannah as the capital city. Georgia's first State Constitution of 1777 only directed the state legislature to meet in Savannah, but allowed the legislature to meet elsewhere as it was decided. Savannah was simply the largest city in the state and had been where the government had convened for the last three decades.

Answer: Augusta

The second capital city of Georgia was used as a meeting place for the government as early as 1778, during the American Revolutionary War. Following the end of the war, but preceding becoming the official capital, the legislature rotated meeting between Augusta and Savannah. Augusta would serve as the capital until 1796.

Answer: Capitol Building

The first permanent capitol building was built in the red-brick Georgian architectural style. However, no renditions of the building exist other than as a backdrop to the burning of the Yazoo Act (1795). The building was later condemned and torn down after being used as a public arsenal, lodge, and county courthouse. On the site today stands the Jefferson County Courthouse with a plaque honoring the site of the first state capitol building.

Answer: Milledgeville

Milledgeville would go on to battle Atlanta to remain the state capital, or, after the capital moved, become the capital once more. The first vote to change from Milledgeville to now-Atlanta occurred in 1847, with Atlanta losing. During Reconstruction, though, innkeepers in Milledgeville refused to house Black delegates. That led General John Pope to order the General Assembly to meet in Atlanta.

Answer: Dome

The statehouse in Milledgeville looked more like a castle than a capitol building. Georgia Military College and the Antebellum Capitol Museum now call the building home. In 2000 renovations of the Old Capitol were complete, and in 2001 Milledgeville served as capital for a day to commemorate 250 years of representative government in Georgia.

Answer: Macon

Macon never served as an official seat of the state government, and came in last place in the 1855 state-wide vote to decide the capital city. After Milledgeville was sacked by Gen. Sherman, many assumed Macon would be next. However, Sherman never went to Macon on his March to the Sea. Union forces did take the city later in 1865.

Answer: Thrasherville

John Thrasher is the local businessman who also founded the city of Norcross. Thrasherville is located near the State Bar of Georgia, and a plaque commemorates the location. Thrasher also built the Monroe Embankment here, which is the oldest man-made structure still in existence in Atlanta.

Other names included Terminus and Marthasville.

Answer: 1868 Constitution

Georgia has had 10 constitutions, seven of which were drafted by constitutional conventions, two by constitutional commissions, and one by the General Assembly's Office of Legal Counsel. The most recent version is the 1983 Constitution, which was a more robust revision incorporating over twenty years of debate and compromise, included old and new provisions.