Charter of 1732

Who was most responsible for the creation of Georgia?

• James Oglethorpe

• King George I

• Hernando De Soto

• Mary Musgrove

According to the original Georgia Charter of 1732, all of the following groups were banned EXCEPT

• Slaves

• Lawyers

• Protestants (not Catholics)

• Liquor Dealers

Which best explains the defensive reason for Georgia's creation?

• Georgia would serve as a buffer separating Spanish Florida and South Carolina.

• Georgia would serve as a training ground for the English soldiers to be stationed in the New World.

• Georgia would serve as a military outpost for dealing with hostile Native Americans in the area.

• Georgia would be a military post from which the English could raid French and Spanish settlements.

All of the following were reasons behind the creation of the Georgia colony EXCEPT

• Philanthropy

• Defense

• Religion

• Economics

What was James Oglethorpe's personal reason for seeking a thirteenth colony?

• Trade

• Philanthropy

• Defense

• Religion

Which best explains the Charter's Economics reason for establishing the colony

• wanting to establish a system of mercantilism - exporting goods

• Georgia had several gold mines that the English wanted to secure

• To defeat the Spanish and take their resources

• To establish the fur trade

Why would the Charter not allow alcohol or slaves within the colony?

• The colonist were poor and had no money to buy alcohol or slaves

• Since it was a new colony there were no liquor stores or slave trade routes established yet

• The Trustees thought that slaves and alcohol would make the colonist lazy and not work hard

• King George II did not agree with slavery or drinking alcohol and did not want the colony named after him to allow such things

Which was NOT a requirement of the colonists selected to make the trip with Oglethorpe to settle the thirteenth colony?

• They had to agree not to sell their land.

• They had to agree to defend the colony against all enemies.

• They had to use a portion of their land to grow mulberry trees.

• They had to support the humanitarian basis for establishing the colony.

Which of the following is a reason why the British wanted to establish the colony of Georgia?

• to sell slaves to the Spanish

• to have a place from which to attack the Spanish in South Carolina

• to provide a safe place for the Catholics

• to produce silk and other products they normally had to import

What policy did the king make to ensure that trustees did not take personal advantage of their position?

• The trustees could not hold office or own land.

• The trustees could not serve more than one year

• The trustees had to break off all ties with Great Britain.

• The trustees had to donate their own money to provide food for the colonists.