
How Georgia became a Colony
Authored by Kathryn Turner
Social Studies
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Who had the idea to start a debtors colony called Georgia?
Tomochichi
King George
James Oglethorpe
Adam Smith
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Why did James Oglethorpe want to form a new colony?
He wanted criminals to be given a second chance
He thought debtors should not be in prison
He wanted to sell debtors as slaves to Spain
His friend died in a debtors prison so he wanted to help others
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Wanting to help the poor debtors by giving them a new start is doing something good for someone else without benefitting from it yourself. This is called:
Homeless Care
Royal Duty
Philanthropy
Indentured Slavery
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Which 3 were the reasons for the colony of GA?
Defense
Philanthropy
Trading
Economy
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Wheat, Rice, Indigo, Silk, and Tabaco were the WRIST products the colonists had to produce.
True
False
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Oglethorpe claimed Georgia would be a buffer colony to keep South Carolina safe. What part of the Charter of 1732 ensured that defense would happen?
The colonists would be a human shield in front of the Spanish
The colonists would trade with the Spanish to make friends with them
The colonists would make friends with the Natives to ensure they continued to attack the Spanish
The colonists had to fight in the defense of Georgia and South Carolina in order to live there
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Tomochichi was the Chief of the Yamacraw Natives and hated James Oglethorpe
True
False
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