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CH. 6: Colonial GA

By Kaitlyn · Social studies and civics · Grade 8 · Published Oct 20, 2026 · New

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  1. Why did the Trustees initially connect land grants to male settlers and male heirs?
  2. What argument did some early colonists make against preventing daughters from inheriting land?
  3. How did the Trustees’ approach to women settling in Georgia change over time?
  4. What did the term “feme covert” describe under British law?
  5. What protection could a dower right provide to a married woman?
  6. How could a premarriage agreement protect a woman’s property?
  7. Why did many widowed men and women remarry quickly in colonial Georgia?
  8. What was one responsibility of the public midwives funded by the Trustees?
  9. Which statement best describes women’s work in colonial Georgia?
  10. What was a headright grant in royal-period Georgia?
  11. What generally happened to a woman’s headright property if she received it and later married?
  12. Which women were most typical among colonial Georgia’s female landowners?
  13. What does the rise in women’s land ownership during the royal period suggest?
  14. Why did the Trustees oppose slavery in Georgia at first?
  15. What changed in Georgia in 1750 regarding slavery?
  16. Which statement best describes the experiences of enslaved women in colonial Georgia?
  17. Why might women who outlived their husbands have needed to own property?
  18. Which activity was especially encouraged for women during the Trustee period as a potential industry?
  19. Why do some women appear more often than others in records of colonial Georgia?
  20. What is the best conclusion about the contributions of women who remained unnamed in the records?

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