Georgia SS8H2.d
The Standard
Explain the transition of Georgia into a royal colony with regard to land ownership, slavery, alcohol, and government.
Georgia Standards of Excellence for Social Studies · Analyze the colonial period of Georgia's history.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students compare Georgia under the Trustees with Georgia under the Crown. They explain why land rules, slavery, rum laws, and political leadership changed. They connect those changes to plantation growth and political power for white male colonists.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can accurately compare policies before and after 1752. They connect larger landholdings and legalized slavery to plantation growth. They explain that an elected assembly gave some white men a voice, while the royal governor represented the king.
Common Misconceptions
- Students often think every change happened on the day Georgia became a royal colony. Several Trustee rules were relaxed before 1752, including the bans on rum and slavery. Students may also mistake royal government for full democracy because colonists gained an elected assembly.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Make a two-column chart labeled Trustee Georgia and Royal Georgia. Place land, slavery, rum, and government in each column, then explain one cause-and-effect link.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs eight policy cards to sort into Trustee or royal Georgia, then have them link each change to an economic or political effect.
Ask students to write: Which policy change most reshaped Georgia, and what evidence supports your choice?
Run a four-corner review with land, slavery, rum, and government; read a change, and students move to the matching corner.
Compare a local zoning or licensing rule change with Georgia's policy shifts, noting who gains, who loses, and who makes the decision.
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