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GA Settlement & Trustee Colony

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Member of British Parliament / Wanted to help the poor / Wrote GA's Charter / Founding Father of GA

a)

James Oglethorpe

b)

James Taylor

c)

King George II

d)

Samuel Nunes

2.

I am the document that established the colony of GA:

a)

Charter of 1733

b)

Charter of 1732

c)

Degree of 1732

d)

Top of Chart 1735

3.

Georgia became Great Britain's ______ Colony.

a)

10th

b)

12th

c)

13th

d)

15th

4.

My signature and approval GA was required for GA to even exist.

a)

King George I

b)

King George II

c)

King George III

d)

Brent Coleman

5.

I am the reason for GA's founding that deals with helping the poor with new opportunities.

a)

Philanthropy

b)

Economics

c)

Defense

6.

I am the reason for GA's founding spelled out in the charter that relates to Mercantilism.

a)

Philanthropy

b)

Economics

c)

Defense

d)

Raw Materials

7.

I am the reason for GA's founding that was solved by the recruitment and settlement of the Highland Scots.

a)

Philanthropy

b)

Economics

c)

Defense

d)

Kill The Spanish

8.

Which of the following was NOT offered to people to come join the GA settlement?

a)

Land.

b)

Free Food for a year

c)

Free Farming Supplies

d)

Free House and Pool

9.

Oglethorpe needed people with skills to come to the colony. Which of the following would NOT be invited to be a colonist?

a)

Carpenter

b)

Doctor

c)

Actor

d)

Stone Mason

10.

My name is ANNE, who am I?

a)

Tomochichi's English Girl Friend

b)

Mrs. James Oglethorpe

c)

The Ship that brought the first Georgians

d)

The mother of Toonahowi that was eaten by a alligator.

11.

Which of the following does NOT apply in regards to the Native Americans in the GA Colony?

a)

Cherokee Indian Nation

b)

Yamacraw Tribe of Muscogee (Creek)

c)

Gave Yamacraw Bluff to Settlers

d)

Led by Chief Tomochichi

12.

I am the chief that befriend Oglethorpe and negotiated peacefully.

a)

Toonahowi

b)

Machosocho

c)

Tomochichi

d)

Chichitomo

13.

Without my help Savannah would not have been a reality and never got off the ground.

a)

Highland Scots

b)

Samuel Nunez

c)

Salzburgers

d)

Mary Musgrove

14.

Which of the following does NOT apply to SAVANNAH.

a)

America's First Planned City

b)

GA's First and Oldest City

c)

Built on Yamacraw Bluff

d)

Began December 25, 1732

15.

I am GA's birthday.

a)

April 21, 1732

b)

January 12, 1733

c)

February 12, 1733

d)

January 18, 1977

16.

We were placed in charge of the GA colony in the Charter of 1732 for ___________ years.

a)

Trustees / 20

b)

Trusters / 21

c)

Trustees / 21

d)

Truthfuls / 20

17.

The Trustee's goal was for GA to be a ...

a)

Their goal was to make lots and lots of money.

b)

A place for all classes to be at one.

c)

A colony where there were no socioeconomic classes.

d)

A colony where students didn't have to go to class.

18.

I was NOT a rule in the GA Colony

a)

No buying and selling land

b)

No beer and Wine

c)

No Slavery

d)

Had to plant mulberry trees

19.

I was NOT a rule in the GA colony during the Trustee period.

a)

No Slaves

b)

No Lawyers

c)

No Catholics

d)

No Lutherans

20.

I am the RULE they broke really quickly due to need.

a)

No slaves

b)

No Rum

c)

No Jews

d)

No Salzburgers

21.

GA's rules and South Carolina's rules were the same.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

22.

Which of following does NOT apply to the Salzburgers.

a)

Persecuted Jewish People

b)

Ebenezer - Rock of Help

c)

Silk Production

d)

Dutch Lutherans

23.

Which of the following describes the Salzburgers?

a)

Darien - Warriors - Presbyterian - Cattle - Antislavery

b)

Ebenezer - Persecuted Protestants (Lutherians) - Silk - Antislavery

c)

Portuguese - Persecuted - Jewish - Dr. Nunes - Lived in Savannah

24.

Which of the following was the Salzburgers Primary goal for coming to GA?

a)

Free Land

b)

Silk Production

c)

To meet hot chicks

d)

Religious Freedom

25.

Check all that DO NOT apply to the Jews.

a)

Dr. Samuel Yearty

b)

Presbyterians

c)

Silk Production

d)

Persecuted Protestants

26.

GA's first hero and savior was:

a)

James Oglethorpe

b)

John McIntosh

c)

Samuel Nunes

d)

Bilbo Baggins

27.

Which of the following does NOT apply to the Highland Scots?

a)

Warriors

b)

Presbyterian

c)

Anti-Slavery

d)

Darien

e)

Persecuted Protestants

28.

Which group were persecuted Protestants?

a)

Jews

b)

Salzburgers

c)

Highland Scots

d)

English Settlers

29.

Which one best and fully describes the JEWISH immigrants in the GA colony?

a)

They had a doctor on board the boat.

b)

they were persecuted Jews from Spain with a doctor on board.

c)

they were persecuted Jews from Portugal with a doctor on board.

d)

They were persecuted Protestants from England with a Ventriloquist on board.

30.

The greatest threat to Savannah and the Colony was whom?

a)

Creek Indians

b)

French

c)

Spanish

d)

Onelegged Icelandic Viking Pirates with Covid-19

31.

The slaughter of hundreds of Spanish Soldiers on St. Simon's Island is today known as the ...

a)

Battle of St. Simon's

b)

Battle of Burkett's Kilt

c)

Battle of The Bloody Mushroom

d)

Battle of Bloody Marsh

32.

We were instrumental in the victory of Bloody Marsh.

a)

Salzeburgers

b)

Creek Indian Warriors

c)

Highland Scots

d)

Your Greasy Grandma

33.

Which of the following best explains the Spanish Threat after their failed attempt at St. Simon's.

a)

There was no more Threat.

b)

There was a little Threat.

c)

There was a greater Threat.

d)

There was so great a Threat that they had to create the new word we now know as DANGER.

34.

The group of citizens in the colony who were not happy with the Trustee Rule were known as:

a)

The Jews

b)

The Unhappy Campers

c)

The Malcontents

d)

The Kilt Wearers Klub

35.

Check the THREE rules the Malcontents were unhappy with:

a)

No Slavery

b)

NO buying and selling Land

c)

NO Catholics and Jews

d)

Must plant mulberry trees

e)

NO Rum

36.

Which of the following best explains what happened as a result of the Malcontents Protest?

a)

Trustees had them removed from GA

b)

Trustee rule eventually expired and they had their way.

c)

Trustee rules was ended by the King and GA was now a Royal Colony.

d)

The Trustees turned the colony over to the King a year early only have ruled 20 years.

37.

GA Colony transitioned from a Trustee Colony to a ____________ Colony.

a)

Regular

b)

Royal

c)

Regent

d)

Rogue