| A | B |
|---|
| proprietary colony | A colony governed/owned by a board of Trustees |
| Royal Colony | a colony directly governed by the King |
| Sunbury | a port built so the planters of Georgia could ship their crops |
| John Reynolds | The first Royal Governor of Georgia, 1754 |
| bicameral | two chamber legislature set up to represent the 8 parishes of the colony |
| parish | both a church and a British government district |
| Commons House | the lower house of the legislature |
| Governor's Council | the upper house of the legislature |
| 50 acres of land | as a settler, this was a requirement to vote |
| 500 acres of land | the requirement to be a member of the assembly |
| Court of Conscience | where colonists went to settle their differences |
| This came after the Court of Conscience to settle disagreements | Governor's Council |
| In 1754 these were the 3 countires with settlements in North America in 1754 | Spanish, French, British |
| Where Spanish settlements in N.A. were located in 1754 | Florida and Mexico |
| Where settlements in N.A. were located in 1754 | Louisiana and North to the Great Lakes and parts of Canada |
| Great Britain's lands | the original 13 colonies |
| French and Indian War | the war as a result of disputes between France and Great Britain |
| George Washington | a Virginia governor sent to warn the French to stop putting forts along the Ohio River Valley, he was brave and learned from Braddocks mistakes |
| Major General Edward Braddock | lead the first years of war into losing battles for British |
| William Pitt | was put in charge of the war effort |
| a Victorious soldier that led troops to Fort Duquesne | Washington |
| Treaty of Paris | 1763, ended the French and Indian war and set Georgia's western boundary at the Mississippi River |
| Proclamation of 1763 | moved GA boundary to the St. Marys, that colonists could not go west of App. Mtns., Indians gave up land betweeen Ogeechee and Savannah Rivers and South of the Altamaha River |
| Bigger Markets created by new Proclamation boundaries | Shipping,naval stores, farmland, dense timber forests |
| Savannah | in 1755, the colony's capitol and largest city |
| Governor Reynolds | naval captain, tried to govern Ga. alone |
| Governor Ellis | naturalist and scientist and second governor |
| These people did not want slaves in the colony | the Highland Scotts and Salzbergs |
| James Wright | third governor, loyal to the King, bigger farms, more trade, western expansion,defenses around Savannah |
| Palisades | sharp wooden fence posts that surrounded Savannah |
| New England Colonies | made furniture, shipbuilding, fishing, and whaling |
| Middle Colonies | primary crop was wheat |
| Southern Colonies | Large plantations with tobacco, rice, and indigo |
| Transportation | Horseback on Indian paths, boats, stagecoaches |
| Communication | newspapers, messengers |
| Education | farming and apprenticing for boys, homemaking for girls |
| Who did the colonies side with in the French and Indian War | Great Britain |
