Question

Choose true or false for the following questions about Georgia:

It attempted to establish a good relationship with local American Indians.




It always had a representative assembly.




Slavery was always allowed.

Answer 1

1) It attempted to establish a good relationship with local American Indians. — True.
- Oglethorpe and the trustees negotiated treaties (especially with the Creek) and pursued peaceful trade and diplomacy to keep a buffer against Spanish Florida.

2) It always had a representative assembly. — False.
- Under the trustees (1733–1752) Georgia was governed by appointed trustees and a council; an elected colonial assembly did not exist until it became a royal colony in the 1750s.

3) Slavery was always allowed. — False.
- The trustees initially banned slavery (and restrictions on rum) when the colony was founded; slavery was legalized only in the 1750s after the trustees surrendered the charter.