Georgia becomes a Royal Colony

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Georgia becomes a Royal Colony

• Section 2 chp 5

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SS8H2 SS8H3

• H2-The student will analyze the colonial period
  of Georgias history.
• C-Explain the development of Georgia as a royal
  colony with regard to land ownership, slavery,
  government, and the impact of royal governors
• H3-The student will analyze the role of Georgia
  in the American Revolution.
• A-Explain the immediate and long term causes of
  the America Revolution include the Seven Years
  War, Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, Intolerable
  Acts, and Declaration of Independence.

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Becoming a Royal Colony

• Georgia was a Propriety Colony until 1752
  (governed by Trustees)
• After 1752, became a Royal Colony (governed by
  King of England)

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Self-Government in GA

• Parish-both a church and the British Government
  district
• Bi-Cameral- Two (2) chamber legislature

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Legislation and Land

• Landowners who had 50 acres or more could vote
• Landowners who had over 500 acres could be a
  member of the assembly
• Assembly members could write or vote on bills
  before they became laws

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Governors Council

• King appointed men, who could advise the
  governor, approve land grants, make laws, and act
  as judges
• They were all rich land owners!

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Governors Council

• Lower House owns 50 acres of land
• Upper House owns 500 acres of land
• Todays Congress
• House of Representatives
• Senate

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Who Georgias Royal Governors

• John Reynolds-(1754-1757) introduced
  self-government
• Henry Ellis-(1757-1760) depended on rich citizens
  to lead the colony
• James Wright- (1760-1776) built palisades (fences
  of sharp stakes) around Savannah GA grew to
  economic success

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Palisade
Henry Ellis
James Wright
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Who Fought in French and Indian War?

• 3 countries had settlements in North America
• Spain in Florida and Mexico
• French from Louisiana north to the Great Lakes
  and Canada
• England had the 13 colonies along the Atlantic
  coastline

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French and Indian War

• Land disputes between France and Great Britain
• The war lasted 9 years with greed and fear being
  the major factor
• England won, but was in debt after the war
  -started heavy taxation of the early colonists
  (led to the Revolutionary War)

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OrangeBritish owned YellowLand lost to the
British BrownLand given to Spain for helping
France
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Georgias Role in the French/Indian War

• Did not fight in the war
• Proclamation of 1763 Georgias western border to
  the Mississippi river and southern border to the
  St. Marys river
• New borders provided
• Water access for shipping
• More farmland
• More timber and naval stores

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George Washington

• British used George Washington to warn the French
  to stop building forts in the Ohio River Valley
• French did not listen
• Washington took 150 men to fight the French and
  lost

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To come later

• How George Washington used his knowledge of
  losing the 1st battles in the French/Indian War,
  helped him win battles in the Revolutionary war

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Georgias 1st Assembly

• Reorganized the militia, built and repaired
  roads, restricted the rights of slaves

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1767

• Rice and Indigo very good money crops, a ton of
  silk was exported to England
• Schools were still for upper class
• Crackers moved in from Virginia and Carolinas
  (lower class people that did not obey Georgias
  laws)