When did King George II grant the charter for the new colony of Georgia?
1732
100
What were the 3 limitations placed on the trustees in regards to the GA Colony?
Couldn't own land
Couldn't get paid
Couldn't hold political office
100
List the royal governors in order from first to last
John Reynolds, Henry Ellis, James Wright
100
He is considered the founder of Georgia
James Oglethorpe
100
Profitable trade policy of Great Britain during colonization
mercantilism
200
The type of people Oglethorpe and the trustees wanted to bring to the GA colony
poor, but worthy (debtors)
200
There were 3 main areas of discontent during the Trustee Period. Name 2 of them.
Sale of rum
Land ownership
Slavery
200
Popular governor among the people because he brought together many different groups of people
Henry Ellis
200
Chief of the Yamacraw Indians that allowed the English Colonists to settle on his people's land
Tomochichi
200
When is GA day?
February 12th
300
Name the geometric pattern the city of Savannah was designed around
open squares
300
Oglethorpe invited the Highland Scots to settle in Georgia. Where was their settlement located?
Darien - along the Altamaha River, 60 miles south of Savannah
300
Created a bicameral government that colonists were allowed to participate in for the first time
John Reynolds
300
Translator for Oglethorpe and Tomochichi; owned a trading post along the Savannah River
Mary Musgrove
300
Where did the Salzburgers settle?
Ebenezer
(later New Ebenezer)
400
Name one advantage of settling on the Yamacraw Bluff
easy access to the Savannah River
Higher ground...gave them defensive advantages to enemies coming from sea
400
List 2 things the Trustees gave the new colonists upon their arrival to the GA colony
50 acres of land
Tools
Food for a year
400
Rice and Indigo were major cash crops during tenure as Royal Governor
James Wright
400
German Protestants that were forced to leave their homes in Europe because they wouldn't convert to Catholicism
Salzburgers
400
Explain the mercantilism process.
Colonies gather raw materials, send to England to be made into finished products, import and purchase finished goods from England
500
The colony of Georgia was meant to protect the other colonies from three groups of people...name them!
Spanish to the South
French to the West
Indians on the Frontier
500
Why was the Battle of Bloody Marsh so important to the Georgia Colony?
it ended the Spanish Threat to the colonies
500
The Georgia Colonial Assembly created 8 political subdivisions for the purpose of conducting church and gov't business. What are these subdivisions called?
parishes
500
Fierce warriors that aided Oglethorpe at the Battle of Bloody Marsh
Highland Scots
500
What were the three utopian goals Oglethorpe and the trustees has planned for Georgia?