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Why did King George replace the trustees with royal governors in the colony of Georgia?

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The trustees not necessarily got replaced forcefully, they could not self-govern Georgia the way they wanted, therefore they gave up, and ended up not completing the twenty-one year charter that they were given by King George. Colonists wanted slaves and alcohol, which the trustees did not agree with, this caused outrage and them realizing they could not govern Georgia properly. This caused King George to hire a royal governor in 1752, and then Georgia changed to a royal colony. Restrictions were no longer and Georgia blended in with the other colonies.

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