Age of Exploration & Native Peoples
Which American Indian group built mound-centered towns and lived in Georgia when Europeans arrived?
Mississippians
What document officially created the colony of Georgia?
Charter of 1732
Who was the Yamacraw chief who allowed the British to settle on Yamacraw Bluff?
Tomochichi
What major change helped Georgia’s plantation economy grow after 1750?
Slavery
What war put Britain in debt and led to new taxes on the colonies?
French and Indian War
Which Spanish explorer traveled through Georgia and helped spread diseases to American Indians?
Hernando de Soto
What were the three main reasons Georgia was founded?
Defense, Philanthropy, and Economics
Who served as the translator between James Oglethorpe and the Creek people?
Mary Musgrove
Who governed Georgia during the Royal Period?
Britain/ King George III
What law banned colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Proclamation of 1763
What were the three main reasons Spain explored the Southeast, often called the “Three G’s”?
God, Gold, and Glory
Name two things that were banned in Georgia during the Trustee Period.
Slavery and Rum
Who was the trustee most associated with the founding and early leadership of Georgia?
James Oglethorpe
What crop would eventually replace silk/rice as a more reliable agricultural product in Georgia?
Cotton
What slogan summarized colonial anger over British taxation?
“No taxation without representation.”
What were the Spanish churches built along Georgia’s barrier islands called?
Missions (missions churches)
Which group of German Protestants settled in Georgia, founded the town of Ebenezer, and were known for being hard-working, building orphanages, and being anti-slavery?
Salzburgers
What group of colonists (usually from other colonies) protested Trustee rules and demanded the use of slavery and alcohol?
Malcontents
What crop became Georgia’s first successful staple crop?
Rice
Name one Georgian who signed the Declaration of Independence.
Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton
After European contact and disease, which two tribes did the Mississippian people eventually become?
Creek and Cherokee
How did the rules of the Charter of 1732 show that the Trustees wanted Georgia to be a colony of small farmers rather than large plantations?
No slavery, limited land ownership, wanted skilled workers to be self-sufficient, etc.
Which group of settlers founded Darien and were known as skilled soldiers?
Highland Scots
What does the acronym W.R.I.S.T. stand for in Georgia’s colonial economy?
Wine, Rice, Indigo, Silk, and Tobacco
What are the three main parts of the Declaration of Independence?
Preamble, Grievances, and Declaration