Founding Figures
Interpreter/trader who connected Oglethorpe and Tomochichi.
Mary Musgrove
Labor system banned by Trustees to support small farms.
Slavery
Protestant refugees who founded Ebenezer, later moving to New Ebenezer.
The Salzburgers
In 1752, Georgia became this type of colony.
Royal colony
The Fall Line separates these two Georgia regions.
Piedmont & Coastal Plains
Yamacraw leader who allowed settlement at Yamacraw Bluff.
Tomochichi
Trustees limited land and banned this drink. Be specific!
Rum
Soldier-settlers at Darien who helped defend the coast and opposed slavery.
The Highland Scots
Name the first royal governor of Georgia.
John Reynolds
Prehistoric culture that built large mound centers in Georgia.
The Mississippians
Jewish physician who helped Savannah during a health crisis in 1733.
Dr. Samuel Nunes
Trustees promoted this luxury export experiment in Savannah that relied on planting mulberry trees for worms.
Silk production
Why did the Salzburgers come to Georgia?
They were Protestant refugees seeking religious freedom.
Name of the lower house of Georgia’s colonial legislature.
Commons House of Assembly
The “Three Sisters” crops are ____ (name one).
Maize (corn), beans & squash
Name the three official reasons for founding Georgia in 1732.
Philanthropy (Charity), Economics (mercantilism) & Defense
Group pushing for larger land grants and enslaved labor, criticizing Trustee policies.
The Malcontents
Why were the Highland Scots invited to Georgia?
They were recruited for defense—to guard the southern frontier against Spanish Florida.
WRIST lists five products—name three.
Wine Grapes, Rice, Indigo, Silk & Tobacco
Coastal religious outposts aimed to convert Indians and extend Spanish control.
Spanish missions
Document that granted the Trustees authority and set early rules.
Charter of 1732
Under the Charter of 1732, two land restrictions were placed on colonists regarding sale and inheritance. One was that colonists could not buy or sell land. What was the other restriction?
Women could not inherit land.
State one long-term outcome of the Battle of Bloody Marsh (1742).
Spanish threat diminished; further invasions stopped; GA frontier stabilized (any one).
Name two Trustee-era bans/limits later reversed in Royal Georgia.
Slavery ban; rum ban; land limits eased (any two).
Explorer who moved through the Southeast mainly seeking gold, with devastating effects.
Hernando de Soto