WorksheetsColonial Georgia Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Although forbidden prior to Georgia becoming a royal colony, wealthy planters began importing enslaved people into the region. As a result,
the number of large plantations along the sea coast grew rapidly from 1750-1775.
the colony fell even further into decline and entered into an economic depression.
the number of fatalities from diseases like malaria and yellow fever rose drastically.
James Oglethorpe immediately declared Georgia a rebellious state and went back to England.
James Oglethorpe MOST LIKELY came up with idea to move English debtors to his colony in the New World because he
needed many men to come and work on the land in his new colony.
wanted his new colony to be made entirely of people from England.
could not find anyone else who was willing to move to the new place.
did not want them to suffer in the poor conditions of English prisons.
James Oglethorpe wanted the Highland Scots to move to Georgia
because they were qualified in the lumber industry.
so that the colony would have many types of people.
because they were experienced and skilled soldiers
so they would bring Protestantism to the colony
Because of the climate in Georgia, early colonists found Georgia to be a good place for
the king to reside.
the first American colony.
growing crops to send to England.
hiring people to work in England.
In 1742 James Oglethorpe helped defend Georgia from an invasion by
England.
France.
Portugal.
Spain.
When James Oglethorpe allegedly said he wanted to establish a British colony for the "worthy poor," to whom was he MOST likely referring?
A. people in debt
B. religious minorities
C. political opponents
D. Spanish settlers
One of the reasons given for the colonization of Georgia was to serve as a "buffer" colony. This meant that Georgia was
an outpost from which English pirates could attack Spanish galleons.
founded to export raw materials to England and serve as a market for English imports.
a colony built to give England's debtors a new start and a chance to escape English prisons.
a military protective zone between the English colonies and the Spanish settlement in Florida.
The city of Savannah was founded by the British in 1733. Which number represents Savannah?
1
2
3
4
Who was the Yamacraw chief who helped James Oglethorpe and the early Georgia colonists?
Sequoyah
Tomochichi
Mary Musgrove
James Oglethorpe
In 1734, a group of Austrian Protestants known as the Salzburgers arrived in the Georgia colony. What was the name of the settlement they built 25 miles northwest of Savannah?
Augusta
Darien
Ebenezer
Louisville
The Georgia Trustees originally had planned to prohibit which group from settling in Georgia prior to 1734?
the Dutch
the French
Jewish immigrants
Russian immigrants
Georgia's Salzburger settlers are MOST associated with coming from what modern-day country?
Austria
England
France
Scotland
The Savannah, Ogeechee, Altamaha, and Satilla rivers were known collectively as what name?
The Rice Rivers
The Indigo Waterway
The Western Boundary
The Cotton Connection
What was the fifth item original crop encouraged in colonial Georgia (the T in W.R.I.S.T. crop)?
Tobacco
Corn
Potatoes
Rice
Which of the following is one of the W.R.I.S.T. crops?
Potatoes
Poultry
Indigo
Tomatoes
In early Georgia history, John Reynolds was the first
settler.
explorer.
Court Judge.
Royal Governor.
By what decree did the Georgia colony establish their territory?
the Oglethorpe Manifest signed in 1732
the Trustee Corollary drafted by 12 settlers
the Charter of 1732 signed by King George II
the Augusta Proclamation written by the Salzburgs
Which fact provides the BEST evidence to support the conclusion that the royal governors were concerned with keeping the settlers happy and reducing the conflict that had emerged during the trustee period?
During the royal period, the colony was led by John Reynolds, Henry Ellis, and James Wright.
Following the French and Indian War, the western border of the colony became the Mississippi River.
During the royal period rice, indigo, and tobacco became the colony's most profitable agricultural crops.
During the royal period citizens were given the opportunity to purchase more land, and use slaves to work the land.
What "Cash Crop" was NOT initially a success in the colony of Georgia?
Cotton
Indigo
Silk
Rice
What was the first crop that led to a major increase and desire for slave labor in Colonial Georgia?
cotton
indigo
rice
silk
The period of Georgia history in which products like Wine, Rice, Indigo, Silk, and Tobacco would have been MOST likely to be profitable was:
the Colonial period
the Civil War period
the Reconstruction period
the Modern era
James Oglethorpe's hiring of Mary Musgrove had a positive impact on English and American Indian relations because
she assembled a group of Creek Indians who defended her.
the American Indians did not communicate with any other Europeans.
she helped to make fair trades and negotiations between the groups.
the American Indians saw her hiring as a sign of Oglethorpe's good will.
In the early-and-mid-1700s Mary Musgrove served as a diplomat between the British in early Savannah and what Yamacraw Indian chief?
Chief Joseph
Chief Tomochichi
Chief Sitting Bull
Chief Standing Bear
Of mixed Yamacraw and English ancestry Successful in business Served as an interpreter between American Indians and British colonists Key to the founding of the city of Savannah Which person is being described?
Sacajawea
Tomochichi
Mary Musgrove
James Oglethorpe
The Highland Scots of Darien and the Salzburgers fought against the malcontents who wished to
lift the ban Georgia had on slavery.
use Georgia's farmland to grow rice.
take away land from other colonists.
integrate Georgia and South Carolina.
