WorksheetsGA Charter of 1732
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Term for a written document that sets the geographical boundaries, type of governmental structure, and sets the restrictions and requirements of citizens living within a colony?
a)
preamble
b)
charter
c)
contract
d)
license
2.
To whom did the GA Charter of 1732 give the authority to run & manage the new colony?
a)
King George II
b)
a royal governor
c)
a group of 21 Trustees
d)
the local Native American chief
3.
Which is the BEST description of a Trustee?
a)
someone who holds responsibilty on behalf of another
b)
a hired servant
c)
a royal governor
d)
a military commander
4.
What religious group was banned from settling in GA according to the 1732 charter?
a)
Church of England
b)
Catholics
c)
Protestants
d)
ALL the answer cohoices
5.
According to the Charter of 1732, lawyers were
a)
banned from settling in the Georgia colony.
b)
required to immigrate to Georgia.
c)
valued members of colonial society.
d)
only to be used by the 21 Trustees.
6.
What was the status of rum & liquor dealers according to the Charter of 1732?
a)
liquor dealers could only work for the Trustees
b)
both rum & liquor dealers were prohibited
c)
both were allowed by the charter
d)
All of the choices
7.
In order to keep slavery from developing in the colony, Africans were not allowed in Georgia according to the charter?
a)
true
b)
false
8.
James Oglethorpe was one of the 21 Trustees that the 1732 Charter placed in control of the Georgia colony?
a)
true
b)
false
9.
Under the 1732 Charter, citizens in the Georgia colony had NO voice in how the colony was governed?
a)
true
b)
false
10.
Colonists were required to plant and care for _____________ trees in order to produce silk from silkworms that fed upon the trees' leaves?
a)
pine
b)
pecan
c)
cedar
d)
mulberry
11.
Colonists were required to serve in the ___________ in order to help protect the colony from its enemies?
a)
militia
b)
police force
c)
British Regular Army
d)
British Royal Navy
12.
Colonists were given seeds & tools and required to
a)
teach the local natives European farming techniques.
b)
trade with the Spanish.
c)
cultivate & farm the land they were given.
d)
relocate to the South Carolina colony after three years.
13.
According to the 1732 Charter, colonists were NOT allowed to sell their
a)
land.
b)
cattle & livestock.
c)
slaves.
d)
crops.
14.
Under the rstrictions of the Charter of 1732, were female colonists able to inherit land in the Georgia colony?
a)
yes
b)
no
15.
In an attempt to keep large plantation-style farms from developing in Georgia, colonists were NOT allowed to buy
a)
more land than what they were given.
b)
seeds & farming tools.
c)
indentured servants.
d)
cattle & other livestock.
16.
Whose philanthropic dream was it to establish a colony in America for the unemployed & worthy poor of London?
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
John Smith
c)
James Oglethorpe
d)
King George II
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