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| Who first proposed a colony in the New World to help England’s debtors have a new start in life? | Dr. Thomas Bray |
| Which reasons were offered by Oglethorpe to settle the thirteenth English colony? | More land and power for England, Religious freedom, Defense against French and Spanish |
| What items, that England was importing from France, Russia, and Spain, did Oglethorpe promise to produce in the thirteenth colony? | Cotton dyes, wine, and silk |
| Which group of people could NOT become colonists in Georgia according to its charter? | Liquor dealers, Blacks, Lawyers, Catholoics or Paptists |
| Which group of Indians lived in the area where Oglethorpe led his Georgia colonists? | Yamacraw |
| Which group of Indians lived in the area where Oglethorpe led his Georgia colonists? | The Ann |
| create the “Margravate of Azilla” in Georgia | Robert Montgomery |
| As a member of Parliament’s House of Commons, Oglethorpe was active in bringing about reforms in England’s | Prisions |
| King George II granted Oglethorpe and his group a charter for the thirteenth colony in | 1732. |
| Where did James Oglethorpe land his colonists in Georgia to begin the thirteenth colony? | Yamacraw Bluff on Savannah River |
| Which was a likely cause of disease and fatalities in Georgia’s initial year? | Lack of fresh vegetables, Changes in climate, Hard physical labor |
| Ebenezer and New Ebenezer were early Georgia towns established by the | German Salzburgers. |
| a major source of discontent with Georgia’s early colonists? | ban on slavery, rum and alchohol, land inheritances |
| major accomplishment of Georgia’s first twenty years? | Treaties were established with Indian tribes, A working court system was established, The first Sunday School in the nation was established. |
| Georgia’s initial trustees could not | expand west of the Savannah and Altamaha rivers. |
| How did the trustees of Georgia work around the rules set for them by the king? | They passed regulations rather than laws. |
| requirement of the colonists selected to make the trip with Oglethorpe to settle the thirteenth colony? | They had to agree to defend the colony against all enemies. |
| requirement of the colonists selected to make the trip with Oglethorpe to settle the thirteenth colony? | They had to agree not to sell their land. |
| requirement of the colonists selected to make the trip with Oglethorpe to settle the thirteenth colony? | They had to use a portion of their land to grow mulberry trees. |
| Why did Georgia’s earliest settlers experience such discontent? | They were not as successful as South Carolinians who used slave labor. |
| Why did Georgia’s earliest settlers experience such discontent? | They were not as successful as South Carolinians who used slave labor. |
| Why was South Carolina so pleased to have Georgia become Great Britain’s thirteenth colony? | Georgia provided a buffer between South Carolina and the Spanish. |
| The first fort built by the British in Georgia was | Fort King George. |
| What charges were levied against James Oglethorpe in his final trip home to Great Britain? | He had not captured St. Augustine in the War of Jenkins’s Ear. |
| Georgia was a charter colony for | twenty years. |
| Which group of Georgia’s initial backers did not oppose slavery? | English colonists |
| Why was Fort King George established in Georgia before the colony was even founded? | It served as a British warning point for invaders south of South Carolina. |
| Which issues created discontent and divide the colonists in Georgia as Oglethorpe struggled to push back the Spanish? | The restriction against buying rum angered the colonists. |
| Which issues created discontent and divide the colonists in Georgia as Oglethorpe struggled to push back the Spanish? | The use of slavery was prohibited, making it difficult for Georgia colonists to compete with South Carolina. |
| Which issues created discontent and divide the colonists in Georgia as Oglethorpe struggled to push back the Spanish? | The prohibition against passing land only to male heirs divided the colonists. |
| Which restriction was lifted from the colonists after William Stephens was named president of the colony? | The restriction that prevented the sale of rum in the colony |
| Which restriction was lifted from the colonists after William Stephens was named president of the colony? | The restriction that limited a colonist to a maximum of 500 acres of land |
| Which restriction was lifted from the colonists after William Stephens was named president of the colony? | The restriction that prohibited slavery |
| Which reason was behind Oglethorpe’s welcoming of the Salzburgers to the new colony? | He wanted to offer the Salzburgers refuge against religious persecution. |
| The first Sunday school in America was established by | John and Charles Wesley. |
| The Bethesda Orphans Home in Ebenezer was established by | George Whitfield. |
| Which geographical factor did influence Oglethorpe to make Georgia’s first settlement at Yamacraw Bluff overlooking the Savannah River? | The site was protected from ocean winds by forests of pine trees. |
| Which geographical factor did influence Oglethorpe to make Georgia’s first settlement at Yamacraw Bluff overlooking the Savannah River? | The site overlooked the Savannah River, making shipping to and from Great Britain convenient.The location had fresh water springs, which would provide drinking water for the settlement. |
| Which geographical factor did influence Oglethorpe to make Georgia’s first settlement at Yamacraw Bluff overlooking the Savannah River? | The site overlooked the Savannah River, making shipping to and from Great Britain convenient. |
| Which of the settlers’ crops grew well in Georgia’s coastal soil? | Corn |
| Which geographic factor most influenced the hardships the colonists experienced in their first year in Georgia? | The colonists were unaccustomed to Georgia’s climate. |
| Served as the last president of Georgia as a charter colony | Patrick Graham |
| Protestant religious leader who journeyed with Oglethorpe to Georgia | John Wesley |
| British-Indian trader who interpreted for Oglethorpe with the Yamacraw | Mary Musgrove |
| British seaman after whom Georgia’s war with Spain was named | Robert Jenkins |
| Leader of Yamacraw who allowed Oglethorpe to land in Savannah | Chief Tomochichi |
| Jewish physician who settled in Savannah in 1733 | Dr. Samuel Nunis |
| Architect friend of Oglethorpe’s who died in prison in England | Robert Castell |
| Leader of Salzburgers who settled Ebenezer | John Martin Bolzius |
| Surveyor who helped design the city of Savannah | Noble Jones |
| First president of Georgia | William Stephens |
| British physician who proposed a debtor’s colony | Dr. Thomas Bray |
| Scottish nobleman who proposed a utopian colony west of the Savannah River | Sir Robert Montgomery |
| Made Communication possible between the colonists and Native Americans. | Mary Musgrove |
| Helped survey the land and divide it amoung the colonists. | Nobel Jones |
| Kept a journal of the early settlement and illustrated the organization of Savannah. | Peter Gordon |
| Planned Margravant of Azillia. | Sir Robert Montgomery |
| Died in debtors prisionm and inspired Oglethorpe to reform the prision system | Robert Castell |
| Yamacraw Indian Leader at the time of Oglethorpe's settlement | Tomochichi |
| Items, imported from France, Russia, and Spain, that Oglethope pormised to produce | Cotton, dyes, wine, silk |
| Settlers of Ebenezer & New Ebenezer | German Slazburgers |
| The first fort built by the British in Georgia was | Ft. King George |
| The king hoped that GA would produce items found in the Mediterranean becuase the two location had | Similar Latitudes |
| Salzburgers came to GA for | religious freedom |
| This colonial leader helped support the colony with his own money | Oglethorpe |
| Individuals appointed by the king to govern a new colony | trustees |
| A person who works without wages for a specified period of time | indentured servants |
| Citizens who serves as a unit of soldiers | militia |
| Exporting more goods than you import | mercantilism |
| Legal document granting special rights and privledges | charter |
| land claimed by a settle country | colony |
| The first border conflict with the Spanish and Oglethorpe | War of Jenkins Ear |
| These were forbidden by the Charter | Lawyers, rum dealers, catholics, slaves |
| The first settlement established by the Trustees in Georgia was | Savannah |
| The Indians who helped the first Georgia colonists were | Yamacraw |
| The first person to propose the settlement of the Georgia colony, Margravant of Azillia in 1717, was | Robert Montgomery |
| Which type of colony did Georgia become in 1752? | royal |
| According to the theory of mercantilism, why did England want to establish colonies in the new world? | The New World provided both a source of raw materials and a market for goods. |
| The King hoped that many of the experimental crops would grow as well in Georgia as they did in the Mediterenian area b/c GA and the Med had | similar latitudes |
| What term best describes the type of people Oglethorpe brought to America? | Poor but worthy |
| According to the theory of mercantilism, England would prosper if | C. It exported more goods than it imported. |
| The Salzburgers came to Georgia | for religious freedom. |
| Kept a journal of the early settlement and illustrated how Savannah was organized | Peter Gordon |
