The Trustee Colony
This founding trustee appealed to Parliament and made friends with the Yamacraw.
Who was James Oglethorpe?
This was the crop that required certain planting and worms to be produced that the Trustees hoped Georgia would produce but failed.
What is silk?
Georgia became a Royal Colony in this year.
What is 1752?
Britain’s debt after this war led to new colonial taxes.
What was the French and Indian War?
The number of Georgians who signed the Declaration of Independence.
What is three?
What is 1733?
The investment in this good bred a bit of hypocrisy in the colonies and required expertise not found in the colony.
What is wine?
He was appointed by the king to govern the colony.
Who was the royal governor?
This man was arrested to prove a political point.
Who was James Wright?
DAILY TRIPLE: These three people signed the list of grievances addressed to King George III.
Who were Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton?
DAILY TRIPLE: The three main reasons Georgia was established.
What are charity, defense, and economics?
This was banned under the Trustees but later allowed under Royal Governors to boost farming.
What is slavery?
John Reynolds, Henry Ellis, and James Wright all served in this role.
Who were royal governors of Georgia?
This tax required stamps on newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards.
What was the Stamp Act?
This legendary Georgia woman captured and held Loyalist soldiers in her cabin.
Who was Nancy Morgan Hart?
Catholics, lawyers, and rum were all ______ in Trustee Georgia.
What is banned/prohibited?
Colonists complained about these Trustee rules limiting land, labor, and profits.
What are the land and labor restrictions?
Under the royal system, this legislative body allowed colonists some representation.
What is the colonial legislature/Assembly?
Georgia was slower to rebel because of its youth, loyalty to Britain, and this popular leader.
Who was Governor James Wright?
This battle in Georgia boosted Patriot morale after earlier defeats.
What was the Battle of Kettle Creek?
This group of settlers helped Oglethorpe defend Georgia at the Battle of Bloody Marsh.
Who were the Highland Scots?
This nickname was given to colonists who protested against Trustee policies.
Who were the Malcontents?
Slavery, land expansion, and new crops like rice and indigo caused this.
What is economic growth?
This Georgia group protested British policies, especially the Stamp Act.
Who were the Liberty Boys?
DAILY DOUBLE: This Georgia heroine captured and disarmed British soldiers in her home, AND this major Revolutionary battle in Georgia was one of the bloodiest defeats for the Patriots.
Nancy Hart; The Battle of Brier Creek.