Who was a Spanish Explorer that landed in the Tampa Bay area (1539) looking for gold?
Hernando de Soto
100
Who am I? I introduced the English colonists to natural resources, I helped establish peace between Native Americans and English colonists, I became friends with Olgethorpe, and I met with the King of England?
Tomochichi
100
What was the document that King George presented to Oglethorpe and the trustees in order to establish Georgia?
Charter
100
What is the definition of the British policy known as Mercantilism?
a trade policy whereby a mother country exports more than it imports from its colonies
100
What gave Olgethorpe a good reason to invade Spanish Florida?
the removal of Jenkin's ear
200
Where were the places deSoto visited on his travels?
Tampa, Tennessee, Alabama, and Memphis
200
Who am I? I was an interpreter that made communication possible between the Yamacraw (Tomochichi) and English settlers (Oglethorpe)
Mary Musgrove
200
Who were the group of people responsible for managing the early colony of Georgia?
Trustees
200
What are some examples of a finished good?
wine, silk, furniture
200
Who supported the end of slavery, land ownership, and liquor dealers in the 13th colony?
The Royal Colony
300
Name three countries that were major explorers and colonizers in the New World from the 16th through the 18th centuries.
Spain, England, and France
300
Who am I? I am considered the founder of the 13th British colony (Georgia).
Olgethorpe
300
What four groups were prohibited (Not allowed) from the Georgia colony according to the Charter of 1732??
Catholics, Slaves, Lawyers, and Liquor Dealers
300
Why did Oglethorpe welcome the Salzburgers to the new colony?
Many (forty) of the colony's settlers died in the first year and he needed the manpower for the colony to grow.
300
What was the reason for the Spanish missions?
To convert the Native Americans to Catholisism
400
What were the motives (goals) of the three major European countries that sent explorers into the New World?
Spain-3 G's-God, Gold, and Glory
England-Economics (Mercantilism)
France-Furs for trading
400
Who am I? We were warriors in the new colony. We ended the threat of Spanish attacks from Florida.
Highland Scots
400
What were the items that were grown in the new colony and then exported to England?
Grapes for Wine, Indigo plants for Dye, and Mulberry Trees for Silk
400
Which group of Georgia's backers initially opposed (against) slavery?
Trustees, Scottish Highlanders, and German Salzburgers
400
Where in Georgia were the Spanish missions established?
Barrier Islands
500
What were the reasons Oglethorpe and King George wanted to establish Georgia as the 13th colony?
Oglethorpe-Charity (give prisoners a fresh start)
King George-Economics (Mercantilism) and Defense (buffer colony)
500
Who am I? We were farmers in the new colony. We came to Georgia for land and religious freedom and established the towns of Ebenezer and New Ebenezer.
Salzburgers
500
What was the trustees' greatest accomplishment (success) during the trustee period?
Defense-their ability to keep the colony going as it defended other British colonies from the Spanish colony in Florida
500
Why did many of Georgia's settlers experience such discontent?
They were not as economically successful as the colonists in South Carolina who used slaved labor