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Georgia History
Mr. Wilson
Unit 2: Colonial Georgia- Test Review
Readings:
Georgia and the American Experience Unit II: From Exploration to Independence
- Chapter 4- Sections 3 & 4, pgs. 114-129 (The Colonization of Georgia, Building a New Home)
- Chapter 5- Sections 1 & 2 pgs. 132-148 (The Colonial Period, Georgia Becomes a Royal Colony)
The Georgia Studies Book
- Chapter 6- pgs. 78-92 (The Founding of Georgia)
- Chapter 7- pgs.94-110 (Life of P{eople in Colonial Georgia)
Information that you are responsible for:
The Founding of Georgia
1. Parliament
2. John Percival
3. King George II
4. What were Georgia’s original boundaries as stated in the Charter of 1732?
5. Why was Oglethorpe interested in prison reform and the plight of England’s poor?
6. Why would Carolina colonists be happy to have an English colony to their south?
7. List and explain the purposes for the establishment of the new colony as stated in the charter.
8. Although it is not listed in the charter, what was the fourth reason for Georgia’s creation?
9. The charter guaranteed freedom of religion to everyone but one group. Who were they and why were
they excluded from the colony?
10. Trustees
11. Yamacraw Bluff
12. John and Mary Musgrove
13. Tomochichi
14. What kind of colony was Georgia when first formed?
15. How many Trustees governed the colony of Georgia?
16. What were the Trustees prohibited from doing in the new colony?
17. How did the Trustees intend on making Georgia a ‘model’ society?
18. What were the families sent to Georgia on charity given?
19. What did these colonists promise to do in return for what the Trustees gave them?
20. Why did Tomochichi agree to let the English settle at Yamacraw Bluff?
21. What summertime conditions caused problems for the colonists?
22. Which three Trustee regulations did the colonists complain about the most?
23. What was the policy on land inheritance?
24. Battle of Bloody Marsh
25. Why did the Trustees want Oglethorpe to regulate trade with the Indians?
26. Why did the Trustees return the charter to the King? When did this happen?
27. What kind of colony did it become after the Trustee period?
28. What year did Georgia’s royal governor take office? Who were Georgia’s three royal governors?
29. Parish
30. Headright system
31. Who was the French and Indian War between? How did Georgia benefit from the French and Indian
War?
The Life of People in Colonial Georgia and America
1. You need to know the colonies, climate, agriculture, economic background, occupations of the colonist
living there, types of towns, education, ethnic backgrounds and major cities for the New England, Middle
Atlantic and Southern colonies.
2. What were the colonists expected to supply England with?
3. What type of culture developed in colonial Georgia?
4. Know about the national and religious diversity that existed in colonial Georgia.
5. John Martin Bolzius
6. What was the religion of the Salzburgers and why did they come to Georgia?
7. Why was the first location of Ebenezer not a good choice?
8. What is the oldest colonial public building in Georgia?
9. Why did the Salzburger immigrants have to build an orphanage in 1737?
10. What initially kept the Salzburgers separate from other Georgians?
11. What country openly encouraged Carolina slaves to escape? What did they have to offer?
12. Define indentured servant. Why would a person want to become an indentured servant?
13. Why did landowners prefer African slaves to work in their fields?
14. Define Triangular Trade.
15. In addition to the American colonies, what other countries were slaves sold to?
16. Who petitioned the Trustees to allow slaves in Georgia? When? Why?
17. When did the Trustees allow slavery?
18. Why were slave codes enacted in Georgia? What was its overall purpose?
19. What caused social classes to develop in Georgia?
20. By 1773, what settlement had become a busy seaport of the British Empire? How had the lifestyle of
the colonists changed? List the types of professions/careers represented. Who had ability to move up in this
society? Who were excluded?
21. What was/were the occupations that provided most of the colony’s leadership? Who next had a voice in
leadership? What occupations did they represent?
22. Who had no voice in leadership? What was their day-to-day life like?
23. Generally, how was information obtained? What newspaper did the educated few have access to?
24. What social activities did the upper class of people participate in?
25. Contrast how life in Savannah and in the backcountry differed.
26. What was the main characteristic of people who lived in the backcountry? What did they not want in
their lives? What was the main occupation of these people?
27. What was education like in Georgia? By whom and what were most children taught? Who were usually
the teachers in colonial Georgia?
28. What religion were most of the people who originally came to Georgia? When were Catholics allowed
in Georgia? Where did they settle?
29. Who were John and Charles Wesley? What did they do while in Georgia?
30. Who were Samuel Nunes and Abraham De Lyon? What religious group did they belong to? What skills
did they bring to the colony?
Short Answer Questions: Write your complete thoughts concerning the following
statements. CHOOSE ONLY TWO.
1. Explain what events led James Oglethorpe to propose the creation of Georgia. What kind of colonist did
he want to bring to Georgia? What types of colonists actually came to the new colony? Be sure to include
Oglethorpe’s work in England prior to the settlement of Georgia.
2. Give evidence to support this statement: “In allowing the English colonists to settle Yamacraw Bluff,
Tomochichi was thinking about the well-being of his people.” Explain fully how the settlers and the Native
Americans benefited from this venture.
3. Who were the “Clamourous Malcontents?” List three trustee regulations that caused discontentment
among the settlers. How did these regulations put James Oglethorpe in a bad situation as far as enforcing
these regulations?
4. Explain your reasons for believing the Trustees were or were not successful in developing a model
society in Georgia. Give concrete evidence, things that were or were not done. Include social and political
aspects of the model colony when giving your answer.
5. How was being a slave different from being an indentured servant? How was it similar? Be sure to
include social and ethnic diversity as well as the reasoning behind both institutions.