Colonial Georgia - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

1. One of the reasons given for the colonization of Georgia was to serve as a buffer colony. This meant that Georgia was:

a. a colony for settlement by the poor

a. an outpost for pirates attacking Spanish galleons

a military protective zone between English and Spanish settlements

a. an agricultural station experimenting with new strains of cotton plant

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

According to the charter, what religious group was NOT allowed to settle in Georgia?

Baptist

Catholic

Muslims

Methodist

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why did James Oglethorpe suggest forming a colony for the poor?

England wanted to get rid of debtors permanently

homeless would readily come to the New World

Oglethorpe had a friend who died in debtor’s prison

the poor were mostly well educated people who had fallen on hard times

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What Indians were led by Chief Tomochichi?

Cherokee

Creek

Oconee

Yamacraw

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Tomochichi allowed James Oglethorpe to settle on a bluff overlooking which river?

Altamaha River

Flint River

Savannah River

St. Mary’s River

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The Highland Scots opposed which policy?

keeping close ties with Great Britain

giving women the right to vote

trading with the Spanish

permitting slavery

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who were the malcontents of the early Georgia colony:

a. people who were unhappy and constantly complaining

a. officials who examined the contents of cargo ships

foreigners from Germany and Scotland

a. the trustees and their families

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What ship brought Oglethorpe and the first colonist to Charleston, then Savannah, during the winter of 1733?

Anne

Godspeed

Mayflower

Santa Maria

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

According to GA’s Charter of 1732, all of the following groups of people were forbidden to settle in GA EXCEPT?

Liquor dealers

Black

Lawyers

Women

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The European nation that dominated the eastern North American continent during the colonial period is

France

Great Britain (England)

Portugal

Spain

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

In 1752, Georgia became a:

debtor colony

proprietary(trustee) colony

royal colony

self-governing colony

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which person served as royal governor of Georgia?

Button Gwinnett

James Oglethorpe

William Stephens

James Wright

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What items, which Great Britain had to import from other countries, did Oglethorpe promise to produce in GA?

white potatoes, yams, and corn

wheat, rice, and potatoes

tropical fruit, tobacco, and spices

indigo (for cotton dyes), mulberry trees (for wine and silk)

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following was NOT one of the trustee’s rules:

no rum

no trading with the French

no inheritance of land by women

no slaves

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Under the Royal Colony the western boundary of the colony changed. What was the western boundary of Georgia during the Royal Colony?

Pacific Ocean

Colorado River

Lake Pontchartrain

Mississippi River

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The Salzburgers moved from their original settlement of Ebenezer to New Ebenezer because:

a. They were attacked frequently by the Indians

a. They had problems with the Spanish who lived nearby

a. The land on which they settled was marshy and not very productive

The area was plagued by harsh storms that cause extensive damage

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

James Oglethorpe MOST LIKELY came up with the idea to move English debtors to his colony in the New World becuase 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.

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

In the early-and-mid 1700's Mary Musgrove served as a diplomat between the British in early Savannah and what Yamacraw Indian chief?

Cheif Joseph

Chief Tomochichi

Chief Sitting Bull

Chief Standing Bear

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

* Of mixed Yamacraw and English ancestry
* Successful in business
* Served as 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

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The Georgia Salzburgers first arrived in the colony with support from King George II and the Georgia Trustees becuase the Salzburgers

wanted to do explorations and make maps of the colony.

saw an opportunity for free farmland in the new colony.

were expelled from their homeland becuase of their religon.

were known for their excellent military and fighting skills.

21.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why were the Highland Scots MOST valued when they arrived in Georgia in 1736?

They were able to translate many different languages.

There were able to convert American Indians to Christianity.

Their military skill helped to defend the colony of Georgia.

Their ability to farm in swamps was needed to help feed the colony.

22.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The Highland Scots of Darien and the Salzburgers of New Ebneezer would argue against the malcontents on which issue?

Lifting the ban on slavery.

Using Georgia's farmland to grow rice.

Taking away land from other colonists.

Intergrating Georgia and South Carolina.

23.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The Salzburgers are MOST associated with what time period in Georgia history?

Antebellum

Colonial

Reconstruction

Revolution

24.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

In 1734, a group of Austrian Protestants know as the Salzburgers arrived in the Georgia colony. What was the name of the settlement they built 25 miles northwest of Savannah?

Augusta

Darien

Fredericka

Ebenezer

25.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which policies would have received the MOST support from Georgia's Malcontents?

Policies that would allow trade with the Spanish in St. Augustine.

Policies that would prohibit settlers of the Catholic faith from settling the colony.

Policies that would allow the use and manufacture of alcohol and the ownership of slaves.

Policies that would prohibit Creek and Cherokee Indians from owning land in the back country.

26.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

In early Georgia history, John Reynolds was the first

Settler

Explorer

Court Judge

Royal Governor

27.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What industry dramatically increased as a result of the Georgia colony lifting the ban on slavery?

rice industry

indigo industry

textile industry

tobacco industry

28.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

One of the reasons given for the colonization of Georgia was to serve as a "buffer" colony. This meant 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 chance to escape English prisons.

a military protective zone between the English colonies and the Spanish settlement in Florida.

29.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

James Oglethorpe's hiring of Mary Musgrove had a positive impact on English and American Indian relations becuase

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.

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