Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Who was MOST responsible for the creation of the Georgia colony?
A. | Robert Castell | B. | Samuel Nunez | C. | James
Oglethorpe | D. | Hernando de Soto |
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What was James Oglethorpe’s personal reason for seeking a thirteenth
colony?
A. | trade | B. | charity | C. | defense | D. | religion |
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According to the original Georgia Charter of 1732, between what two rivers was
Georgia to be built?
A. | Oconee and Ocmulgee | B. | Savannah and Altamaha | C. | Chattahoochee and
Flint | D. | St. Mary’s and Ogeechee |
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All of the following were reasons behind the creation of the Georgia colony
EXCEPT
A. | charity. | B. | defense. | C. | religion. | D. | economic. |
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Which best explains the defensive reason for Georgia’s creation?
A. | Georgia would serve as a buffer separating Spanish Florida and South
Carolina. | B. | Georgia would serve as a training ground for English soldiers to be stationed in the
New World. | C. | Georgia would serve as a military outpost for dealing with hostile Native Americans
in the area. | D. | Georgia would be a military post from which the English could raid French and Spanish
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Which best explains the economic reason behind Georgia’s creation?
A. | Georgia would host European nations as an international market. | B. | Georgia would serve
as a trading center for England, France, Spain, and local tribes. | C. | Georgia would
provide England raw materials England currently had to buy from other nations. | D. | Georgia would import
foreign goods and then sell them at a profit to the Native Americans. |
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Who did Oglethorpe first have to befriend before settling at Yamacraw
Bluff?
A. | Sequoyah | B. | John Ross | C. | Tomochichi | D. | William Bull |
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Which BEST explains James Oglethorpe’s reason for choosing the site he did
for building Savannah?
A. | The area was located near the mouth of a major river. | B. | The area was near a
Spanish settlement that could provide supplies. | C. | The area was swampy and marshy and therefore
good for growing rice. | D. | The area had already been settled by the
English and therefore required little work. |
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Along which river did the Salzburgers settle in Georgia?
A. | Oconee | B. | Savannah | C. | Altamaha | D. | Chattahoochee |
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Why were the Salzburgers forced to abandon the town of Ebenezer and begin a new
town called New Ebenezer?
A. | Native American attacks drove them from the area. | B. | The land was marshy
and too poor for supporting crops. | C. | The Spanish conquered the area and claimed it
for Spain. | D. | Oglethorpe ordered them to move after a conflict with other
settlers. |
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What did the Highland Scots and Salzburgers have in common?
A. | Both groups strongly opposed slavery. | B. | Both groups came for religious
reasons. | C. | Both groups settled along the Altahama River. | D. | Both groups fiercely
defended the colony in times of need. |
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How did James Oglethorpe choose to deal with the Spanish threat from
Florida?
A. | He ignored the Spanish. | B. | He signed treaties with the
Spanish. | C. | He built forts along Georgia’s coast. | D. | He forbid colonists
to travel into south Georgia. |
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Who served as Oglethorpe’s secretary, serving as a go-between for
Oglethorpe and the colonists?
A. | Henry Ellis | B. | Robert Castell | C. | John
Reynolds | D. | William Stephens |
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Which group of people could become colonists in Georgia according to its
charter?
A. | Blacks | B. | Lawyers | C. | Methodists | D. | Liquor dealers |
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King George II granted Oglethorpe and his group a charter for the thirteenth
colony in
A. | 1776. | B. | 1732. | C. | 1607. | D. | 1492. |
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How did the trustees of Georgia work around the rules set for them by the
king?
A. | They ruled for 21 years. | B. | They made a profit from the
colony. | C. | They hand-picked a supportive governor. | D. | They passed
regulations rather than laws. |
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Why did Georgia’s earliest settlers experience such discontent?
A. | Their land was not productive. | B. | They were denied religious
freedom. | C. | They had trouble with the Yamacraw Indians. | D. | They were not as
successful as South Carolinians who used slave labor. |
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The first fort built by the British in Georgia was
A. | Fort Clinch. | B. | Fort St. Simons. | C. | Fort King
George. | D. | Fort St. Augustine. |
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Georgia was a charter colony for
A. | ten years. | B. | fifteen years. | C. | twenty
years. | D. | twenty-one years. |
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Which restriction was not lifted from the colonists after William
Stephens was named president of the colony?
A. | the restriction that prohibited slavery | B. | the restriction that
prevented the sale of rum in the colony | C. | the restriction on which crops the colonists
were required to produce | D. | the restriction that limited a colonist to a
maximum of 500 acres of land |
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