1. FROM ROYALTY TO INDEPENDENCE
GEORGIA BECOMES A ROYAL COLONY

2. EQ: How did Georgia colonists participate in governing themselves after GA became a royal colony? HINT: Think Lower House.

3. Georgia’s Bicameral Legislature
Governor’s Assembly(Upper House)
Advised the governor
Appointed by the king
Approved land grants
Made laws
Common House of Assembly(Lower House)
First chance at self-government
Set up to represent 8 parishes
White, male landowners(500 acres)

5. Laws passed by the GA Assembly could be :
Vetoed by the royal governor or
Vetoed by the King of England or
Royal Gov.
King of Eng.

6. What do think he felt about the changes that the trustees allowed in the colony he founded?

7. Goodbye Oglethorpe
In 1743 James Oglethorpe returned to England and never set foot in Georgia again. The colonists of Georgia pushed for fewer restrictions than those demanded by Oglethorpe. Restrictions on land ownership, inheritance, and slavery were dropped by In 1752 the trustees of Georgia gave control of Georgia back to the direct control of the British government and the king.

8. Bye, Bye Oglethorpe

9. Restrictions Dropped by Trustees
Land ownership Inheritance
Slavery

10. Proprietary vs. Royal Colony
Proprietary- governed by a board of trustees
After Oglethorpe’s exit many colonists left for England.
Export business suffered due to less production.
Royal- directly governed by the king
Two years passed until transition complete.
Some colonists returned.

11. Who ruled while GA was a royal colony?
Sorry Henry, no photo.

12. Captain John Reynolds Unpopular Ineffective
He would become angry at arguing legislatures and send them home.
Complaints about him were sent to the King.

13. Henry Ellis Sorry Henry, no photo. Strengthened Georgia’s defenses
Increased population(from SC & West Indies)
Improved economy
Hung a thermometer around his neck and took notes on the reading.
Also carried around an umbrella to protect him from the sun.
Sorry Henry, no photo.

14. Sir James Wright Served for 2 decades Popular Effective
Born in Charleston, SC (NEW WORLD) and educated in England.
Created palisades (Fences made of sharpened stakes) around Savannah.

15. GA Parishes from 1765 -Revolution