SS8H2d- GA as a Trustee & Royal Colony

Which of the following took place as Georgia transitioned from the Trustee period into the Royal period of colonial Georgia?

• In 1755, the Georgia Commons House of Assembly voted to limit private ownership of land to 500 acres per ownner

• Beginning in 1754, male property owners in Georgia, for the first time, voted for elected officials and served in the Assembly.

• In the summer of 1751, the Spanish began new military raids into Georgia and successfully captured and occupied Fort Frederica for two months later that year.

• In 1756, the first royal governor, John Reynolds signed a law extending Georgia’s ban on slavery for another ten years

Which of the following BEST explains why land ownership rules were relaxed as Georgia transitioned into a royal colony?

• The increased number of raids from Spanish Florida forced the colony to allow more settle

• The population grew too large for the trustees to regulate as strictly as they had in the beginning

• The introduction of slavery led to an increased demand for large plots of land for commercial agriculture

• The court system became overwhelmed with requests after Mary Musgrove’s land settlement

Which TWO statements describe how the Malcontents directed the development of colonial Georgia away from the original goals of the Trustees?

• They welcomed Jewish doctors and winemakers to the colony in violation of the Charter of 1732.

• They came to Georgia from Scotland instead of England against the wishes of the English Trustees and original settlers.

• They denied any financial obligation to Oglethorpe and the Trustees since they were invited to settle in Georgia by King George II.

• They campaigned against the colony's prohibition on hard alcohol

• They argued in favor of allowing slavery in Georgia in opposition to the Trustees' preference for small landowners prospering from their own labor.

Which statement regarding the difference between the Trustee period and the Royal period is TRUE?

• The colonists had more power under the Trustees

• The colonists had more power under the Royal Governors

• The Royal Governors helped the colonists break away from England.

• The Trustees helped the colonists break away from England.

How did the Georgia Board of Trustees react to the complaints of the Malcontents in the early 1750s?

• They allowed the colonists to begin trading with the French.

• They legalized slavery and relaxed restrictions on land ownership

• They created courts and began holding trials in Georgia instead of Britain.

• They forced James Oglethorpe to leave the colony due to his religious views.

In the years that followed Georgia's Trustee Period, during which control was transferred back to the British king, the colony experienced

• renewed peace with local American Indian populations.

• declining rates of immigration from Europe.

• an expansion of trade with the neighboring Spanish

• a rapid increase in its slave population

Which change occurred in land ownership after Georgia became a royal colony?

• Land was only available to male trustees

• Land ownership was limited to small 50-acre plots

• Colonists could own larger amounts of land and sell it freely

• All land was returned to American Indian tribes

How did the legalization of slavery impact Georgia’s development as a royal colony?

A. It led to a decline in agriculture
B. It discouraged settlers from moving to Georgia
C. It allowed for large plantations and increased the colony’s wealth
D. It weakened relations with the British government

• It led to a decline in agriculture

• It allowed for large plantations and increased the colony’s wealth

• It discouraged settlers from moving to Georgia

• It weakened relations with the British government

The chart provides information about Georgia at

the end of the Trustee Period and during its

transition to a royal colony. What caused the

population changes illustrated in the chart?

• the establishment of peace between settlers and

  American Indians

• the transformation of the colony into a major

  center of British manufacturing

• the lifting of the ban on slavery and the end of

  restrictions on land ownership

• the expansion of the colony into land that had

  been previously held by the French

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Which motive was NOT one of the goals for the settlement of Georgia according to the Charter of 1732?

• defense – The government wanted a well-defended buffer zone between Florida and South Carolina.

• economics – The government wanted another colony to help maintain the mercantile system.

• imperialism – The government supported Oglethorpe’s desire to gain glory for Britain by conquering more territory

• philanthropy – The government supported Oglethorpe’s desire to reform debtors.

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