Comparing the Colonies
Time Period
Trustee Colony
1732 - 1752
Royal Colony
1752 – 1777 (American
Revolution & Georgia’s
first Constitution)
Leaders
James Oglethorpe & 20
Trustees
John Reynolds
Henry Ellis
James Wright
Governance
Trustees make all the
rules – not all colonists
happy with this
arrangement
King George II
Royal Governor
(appointed by King)
Bicameral General
Assembly (rich, white,
landowners)
Comparing the Colonies
Boundaries
Trustee Colony
All land between the
Savannah & Altamaha
Rivers west to the
Pacific Ocean
Royal Colony
In 1763 – southern
boundary moved to St.
Mary’s River,
Mississippi River made
western boundary
Land
50 acres
Males can inherit land
No sale of land
Wealthy could receive up
to 500 acres
Limits removed
Land could be inherited
by women
Headright system allots
100 acres to families
Slavery
Not allowed
Allowed and rapidly
growing
Religion
Freedom – except NO
Catholics
Anglican (Church of
England) made the
official church
* Georgia’s Royal Governors
1. John Reynolds – 1754, 1st royal gov.,
became very unpopular
2. Henry Ellis came in 1757, left for
England in 1759 due to illness
3. James Wright – very popular, colony
prospered, he stayed until the Rev.
Problems for GA Colonists
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Humidity
Heat
Disease
Insects
CLIMATE was the number 1
problem in the 1st year
Main Products of GA in Colonial Pd.
• Rice
• Indigo
• “Naval” stores - Naval Stores is a broad
term which originally applied to the resinbased components used in building and
maintaining wooden sailing ships, a
category which includes cordage, mask,
turpentine, rosin, pitch (resin) and tar
Triangular (or triangle) trade
• 1. Manufactured goods
from Europe or New
England to Africa, traded
for • 2. Slaves from Africa to
the Americas, especially
the West Indies and S.
Am. for• 3.Cotton, sugar,
tobacco, molasses, rum
to Europe for
manufacturing