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Royal Period
Georgia in the Royal Period
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| French and Indian War | French and their Indian allies fought the British for control of the land west of the appalachian Mountains |
| parish | government and religious districts |
| vestry | local governing board |
| cede | to surrender |
| naval stores | tar and pitch are examples of this important GA export |
| cash crop | a crop to be sold for income |
| headright system | this was one method of granting land to colonists during the royal era |
| tutor | a person who makes money by teaching children for a fee |
| immigrant | those that move into a country to live |
| cracker | illiterate and uneducated farmers who moved from the Carolinas and Virginia to Georgia |
| profit | the amount left after all costs, or expenses, are paid |
| slave code | series of laws governing what slaves and masters could and could not do |
| denomination | an organized religious group |
| John Reynolds | he was the first royal governor |
| James Wright | he served as the third and final royal governor |
| Puritans | group of new colonists, originally from New England, moved to GA from S.C. |
| Quakers | this very religious group of colonists believed all persons possessed a spark of God, or "inner light" |
| Scots-Irish | Scots who had left Scotland and settled in Ireland |
| Bartholmew Zouberbuhler | most successful minister during the Royal Period |
| Henry Ellis | he was the second royal governor |
| militia act | passed in 1775, it required 16 to 60 year old men to enroll |
| Georgia Washington | future U.S. president was partly responsible for starting the French & Indian War |
| Savannah | this was the location of the Council House and the seat of government for Royal Georgia |
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