SS8H2 ~ Georgia’s Colonial History



SS8H2 ~ Georgia’s Colonial History

Name______________________________ Date ___________________ Class ______

Directions: Use the PowerPoint presentation to answer the following questions.

|1) |The period after Georgia returned its charter and became a __________________ |

| |____________________ until the end of the American Revolution was a time of |

| |unrest and turmoil in Georgia and in the other colonies. |

|2) 2) |In 1752, __________________________ from South Carolina bought 32,000 acres |

| |of land at Midway in present-day Liberty County. |

|3) |The Puritans moved there bringing their ______________________ with them. |

| |Soon they began growing __________________ and _______________________. |

|4) |A ___________________________ was built nearby at Sunbury so |

| |the planters could __________________________________________________. |

|5) |On October 1, 1754, Georgians cheered when _____________________________ |

| |____________________________________ their first royal governor arrived. |

|6) |The trustees believed that the first Georgia settlers weren’t able to govern |

| |themselves. What three actions did the colonists NOT have the right to do? |

| |a) |

| |b) |

| |c) |

|7) |Who introduced the idea of self-government to the colony? |

|8) |A ____________________________________ legislature was set up to represent |

| |the eight parishes of the colony |

|9) |What was the lower house of the legislature was called? |

| | |

|10) |What was the upper house called? |

| | |

|11) |Those wishing to become a member of the Assembly had to ____________________ |

| |________________________________________________________________. |

|12) |Governor Reynolds also set up a _______________________________________. |

|13) |Georgia’s new government met for the first time in _____________ |

| |in ________________________________________________. |

|14) |What were three actions that Georgia’s new government organized? |

| |a) |

| |b) |

| |c) |

|15) |What did Gov. Reynolds do when he became angry at the legislature? |

| | |

|16) |What did many of the colonist do who didn’t like having their right to govern |

| |taken away? |

|17) |What unpopular recommendation did Gov. Reynolds suggest? |

| | |

|18) |Who became the second royal governor in February 1757? |

|19) |What were three actions Gov. Ellis performed during his time in office? |

| |a) |

| |b) |

| |c) |

|20) |By 1759, what was the population of the Georgia colony? |

|21) |What economic gains did the colony make under Gov. Ellis? |

| |a) |

| |b) |

|22) |How did these economic gains help the colony? |

| | |

|23) |Who succeeded Gov. Ellis in office as the royal governor of the Georgia colony? |

|24) |Gov. Wright believed that Georgia would flourish economically if what three things |

| |continued? |

| |a) |

| |b) |

| |c) |

|25) |What kind of government did Gov. Wright espouse? |

|26) |What measures of defense did Gov. Wright take to protect the area? |

| |a) |

| |b) |

|27) |The town of ___________________________ grew and became the colony’s |

| |official _____________________________________________ for ships arriving |

| |from other countries and colonies. |

|28) |Under Gov. Wright, farmers were allowed to borrow more money, so they ______________________________________________________ which grew |

| |to be _________________________________________________ acres. |

|29) |What became two of the Georgia colony’s most profitable crops? |

| |a) |

| |b) |

|30) |By 1767, what raw material was the colony able to export to Great Britain? |

|31) |What publication was started in 1763? |

|32) |Many of the small frame houses were taken down. In their place, ________________ |

| |______________________ were built of wood or tabby. Tabby is a mixture of |

| |________________________________________________________________. |

|33) |What were two negatives of the Georgia colony at this time? |

| |a) |

| |b) |

|34) |A group of what plantation owners moved from Virginia and the Carolinas to settle |

| |in the middle and western parts of the Georgia colony. What did these people become |

| |known as? _______________________________________________________ |

|35) |What are two possible reasons these new settlers were given this name? |

| |a) |

| |b) |

|36) |Why were they not welcome into the colony? |

| |a) |

| |b) |

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