Colony of Georgia

What were the WRIST crops of colonial Georgia?

• rice
• indigo
• silk
• tobacco
• wine

Savannah is often referred to as the "first planned city in America." What BEST explains why Oglethorpe and the Trustees planned and built the city the way they did?

• They wanted the city to blend into the surrounding countryside as a defensive camouflage.
• They created parks because the water from the fountains would be used for washing and drinking.
• They created equal-sized plots for every household in the hopes that Georgia would remain a classless socity.
• They created equal-sized plots for every household so they it would be easier to tax individual property.

What was the name of the humanitarian group interested in colonizing the "deserving poor" of England in the New World?

• Parliament
• Trustees
• Yamacraw
• Georgia Company

Who was the chief of the Yamacraw Indians that allowed the English to settle the city of Savannah and create the colony of Georgia?

• Mary Musgrove
• Tomochichi
• James Oglethorpe
• Pocahantas

According to the Charter of 1732, all of the following were outlawed in the colony of Georgia

• slavery
• Catholics
• liquor dealers
• lawyers
• firearms

She helped the English and Yamacraw become allies because she translated between their leaders.

• Mary Musgrove
• Pocahantas
• Sacagawea
• Catherine the Great

The city of Darien at the mouth of the Altamaha was settled originally by what ethnic group?

• Highland Scots
• Salzburgers
• Yamacraw
• Malcontents
• Trustees

This geographic feature marks the transition from the Coastal Plain to the Piedmont and is marked by elevation change.

• Okefenokee Swamp
• Appalachian Mountains
• Savannah River
• Fall Line

What was the name of the German-speaking group of immigrants who settled first in Ebenezer outside of Savannah in 1734?

• Highland Scots
• Malcontents
• Salzburgers
• Catholics

This group of settlers became discouraged with the land and labor policies of the Trustees.

• Malcontents
• Salzburgers
• Highland Scots
• Trustees