Which term refers to the royal period in Georgia beginning in 1752 after the trustees gave authority of the colony to the king?

• A. Royal period (colony)
• B. Charter of 1732
• C. Trustee period (1732 to 1751)
• D. Economics

Answer: (A)

In Georgia’s colonial history, the term that describes the era when the colony was governed directly by the British Crown is the royal period. After Georgia was founded in 1732, a group of trustees managed the colony for many years. In 1752, those trustees handed over authority to the king, so the colony came under royal rule with a royal governor appointed by the Crown. This distinguishes it from the trustee period (when the trustees ran things) and from the Charter of 1732, which is the document that created the trustee model in the first place. The option labeled as the “Economics” period doesn’t fit as a administrative era.