I was a member of the British Parliament, and petitioned the King for permission to establish the Georgia colony.
Who is James Oglethorpe?
100
Located on the coast of Georgia, I am the city where James Oglethorpe and the Trustees first landed.
What is Savannah?
100
This culture group established a home in the barrier islands so that they could convert the Native Americans to Christianity.
Who are the Spanish?
100
I am the document that gave James Oglethorpe the authority to establish the Georgia colony.
What is the Charter of 1732?
100
I am the precious metal for which Hernando de Soto was searching in Georgia.
What is gold?
200
I issued the Charter of 1732 to establish the Georgia colony.
Who is King George, II?
200
I am the native country of the Salzburgers.
What is Austria?
200
This group of Christians were not initially allowed to come to Georgia because of their religious beliefs.
Who are the Catholics?
200
The Georgia colonists were prohibited by the Trustees from buying or selling this product.
What is rum?
200
This is the system of trade by which the British would receive raw materials from the colonists, change them to finished products, and sell them to other countries for a huge profit.
What is mercantilism?
300
I was the Chief of the Yamacraw Native American tribe when Oglethorpe and the Trustees arrived in Georgia in 1733.
Who is Tomochichi?
300
I am the native country of the Huguenots.
What is France?
300
This group of Protestants were expelled from their native country in the 1730s because they were not Catholics.
Who are the Salzburgers?
300
This group of early Georgia colonists got their nickname from the Trustees because they complained about not being allowed to own slaves?
Who are the Malcontents?
300
This is the type of tree that was planted by the Georgia colonists in order to produce silk.
What are Mulberry trees?
400
I was the product of an English parent and a Creek parent, and served as an interpreter for Georgia colonists and Chief Tomochichi.
Who is Mary Musgrove?
400
I am the native country of the Moravians.
What is Bohemia or Czech Republic?
400
This group of Protestants came to Georgia in 1735 as missionaries. One of their radical ideas was the belief that women could preach and hold religious offices.
Who are the Moravians?
400
According to the Charter of 1732, these were the 3 things the Trustees were prohibited from doing.
What are own property, hold elected office, and get paid for being a Trustee?
400
This is the place in Great Britain that housed people who could not afford to pay their taxes and debts.
What is debtor's prison?
500
I came to the Georgia colony to help control an outbreak of Yellow Fever that was causing the deaths of many colonists. I was a physician.
Who is Dr. Samuel Nunes?
500
I am the fort built by the British to protect the colony from the Spanish.
What is Fort Frederica?
500
This group of people attempted to colonize Florida in 1564 because they wanted religious freedom.
Who are the Huguenots?
500
These two groups of people circulated a petition against the legalization of slaves.
Who are the Salzburgers and the Highland Scots?
500
This is the institution that made South Carolina very profitable, but was not allowed in Georgia when it first began.