Europe and the Colonization of America

Economic Development in Royal Georgia

Georgia’s Early Economy  Georgia’s economy was basically ______o Farmers grew ______crops – examples: o Farmers also raised ______, ______and ______ Important ______crops of the period were rice and ______ Georgians continued to make money from their native ______trees and their ______and ______trade with the Indians

Land Policy  There were three ways for settlers to ______land in royal Georgia o ______it o Receive it as a gift or ______o Receive it as a grant (gift) from the ______ Grants of land were made by the governor & his council every ______o Size of grant based on size of applicant’s ______o Grants issued to ______and ______

The Growth of Towns  Most Georgians were ______or ______, but towns and villages supported other ______: o Professionals included ______and ______o Communities had ______– Examples:  Some men and a few women operated ______and received their income in doing so Population Growth in Royal Georgia

New Settlers for the Colony  By 1760s & 1770s, settlers were moving into Georgia from many places o ______enhanced Georgia’s ______, and many became successful planters o ______believed violence against fellow humans was wrong o ______- recruited to populate the township of Queensboro o ______were farmers (often ______and uneducated) from the ______of the Carolinas & Virginia

Enslaved People In Georgia  ______from Europe had been part of trustee Georgia, but they became less desirable in the royal period  ______who grew rice and indigo relied on the labor of slaves

o Slaves were of ______heritage

o More ______, than women, were slaves as they were needed for physical work of clearing ______on new plantations  Until 1770s, most slaves lived in the ______areas and were on ______rather than on farms

The Work of Slaves  The work was dangerous due to infected ______, alligators, poisonous snakes, and ______ Most rice plantation slaves worked under the “______system”  Enslaved men & women received some food or clothing from ______ Slaves were not required to work on ______ Some slaves learned special ______and could be hired out to make extra ______for the owner Slave Codes  In 1755 Georgia passed a ______o Laws ______what slaves & masters could or could not do o Laws were based on ______laws regarding slavery o The code had ______, such as slaves could not be forced to work more than ___ hours daily, which were placed on slave owners o Much of the code dealt with what slaves could and could not do

Society and Culture in Royal Georgia

Religion  The Church of England was Georgia’s “official” church  Lutherans practiced worship without much interference  Puritan Congregationalists made their own decisions; did not have to answer to church leaders from somewhere else  Presbyterians lived and worshiped in various places  Jewish numbers were few, met for Jewish Sabbath in member’s homes  Baptists gained converts in the backcountry; independent  Many churches served both blacks and whites

Education  Getting an education in colonial Georgia remained limited but did improve during the royal period  Merchants and planters sometimes sent their sons to other colonies or England for an education

Social Life  Georgians occasionally enjoyed or shared special events and times for coming together  Clubs and organizations began to emerge in more urban areas, especially Savannah  By the end of the royal period, although not as strong and prosperous as the older colonies, Georgia had become more like the others  Idealism of the trustees was replaced by the reality of slavery and inequity of social classes among the free inhabitants