How did the population of Georgia change after it became a royal colony?

a. Plantation owners from the Caribbean established sugar plantations that used enslaved labor.

b. Limits on land holdings meant the population was made up mostly of small farmers.

c. The legalization of slavery led to a population that was almost fifty percent enslaved people.

d. The headright system was established to encourage landowners to hire servants and buy enslaved people.

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Maddox Knapp

4 December, 12:53

How did the population of Georgia change after it became a royal colony?

a. Plantation owners from the Caribbean established sugar plantations that used enslaved labor.

b. Limits on land holdings meant the population was made up mostly of small farmers.

c. The legalization of slavery led to a population that was almost fifty percent enslaved people.

d. The headright system was established to encourage landowners to hire servants and buy enslaved people.

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Jayda Ali · Answer 1

Under royal control the colony of Georgia changed rapidly. Slaves were imported, and cotton and rice plantations were established. And Georgia prospered.