Trustee to Royal Colony of Georgia Formative Assessment

The king of England during the time of colonial Georgia

• George

• James

• Jeff

• Fredrick

What were England's reasons for the creation of the colony of Georgia?

• Economics, defense, and philanthropy

• God, gold, and glory

• Economics, religious freedom, and democracy

• Fur trading, global expansion, influence

The economic policy in which a country exports (sells) more than it imports (buys)

• mercantilism

• yeomanism

• philanthropy

• applied economics

An individual or organization that holds or manages and invests assets (property) for the benefit of another

• royal governor

• royal manager

• trustee

• philanthropist

The time period when Georgia was governed by the trustees (1732-1751)

• Royal Governor Period

• Colonial Period

• Royal Manager Period

• Trustee Period

The document issued by King George II, creating the colony of Georgia

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• Charter of 1732

• Articles of Confederation

The agricultural products England hoped Georgia could grow.

• cotton, coffee, and tea

• wine, rice, indigo, silk, and tobacco

• sugar and salt

• pepper, apples, and peaches

James Oglethorpe's reason for establishing the colony of Georgia

• defense

• philanthropy

• economics

• religious freedom

What type of trees did silk worms eat the leaves as food to produce silk?

• Peach

• Apple

• Mulberry

• Fig

The plant used to produce a blue dye

• mulberry trees

• rice

• tobacco

• indigo