Directions: Circle the best answer choice based on the passage.
1. Which of the following was a reason for establishing Georgia?
a. defense
b. philanthropy
c. economics
d. All of the above
2. What is the name of the document that outlined the rules for the colony of Georgia?
a. Emancipation Proclamation
b. Louisiana Purchase
c. Charter of 1732
d. Magna Carta
3. What were the Georgia colonists required to grow on part of their land?
a. mulberry trees
b. tobacco
c. indigo
d. rice
4. King George II wanted a buffer from the _______, who were settling Florida at the time the English
were colonizing Georgia.
a. Native Americans
b. Portuguese
c. Spanish
d. French
5. When did James Oglethorpe break the rules of the Charter of 1732?
a. He broke the rules when he made an agreement with the Spanish.
b. He broke the rules when he allowed Jewish doctors to settle in Savannah.
c. He broke the rules when he appointed his son to a high-ranking position in Georgia.
d. He broke the rules when he didn’t plant mulberry trees on his property.
6. What type of economy did England wish to establish?
a. mercantilism
b. free-enterprise
c. Socialist
d. market
Settling Georgia & the Charter of 1732
1. d. All of the above
2. c. Charter of 1732
3. c. indigo
4. c. Spanish
5. a. He broke the rules when he made an agreement with the Spanish.
6. a. mercantilism