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