FROM ROYALTY TO INDEPENDENCE GEORGIA BECOMES A ROYAL COLONY

EQ: How did Georgia colonists participate in governing themselves after GA became a royal colony?

HINT: Think Lower House.

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)

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.

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

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

1750

. In

1752

the trustees of Georgia gave control of Georgia back to the direct control of the British government and the king.

Bye, Bye Oglethorpe

Restrictions Dropped by Trustees Land ownership Inheritance Slavery

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.

•

Roya

l- directly governed by the king • Two years passed until transition complete.

• Some colonists returned.

Who ruled while GA was a royal colony?

Captain John Reynolds 1754 Royal Governors Royal Governors of Georgia Henry Ellis 1757 Sir James Wright 1760 Sorry Henry, no photo.

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

Henry Ellis • 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.

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.

GA Parishes from 1765 -Revolution