H1b&c
What is the main reason Europeans wanted to explore North America?
Economic competition
What was the only successful reason for GA's founding and why was it successful?
Defense, GA successfully served as a buffer colony between the Spanish in FL and the British making money in SC
What job did Mary Musgrove have?
interpreter for James Oglethorpe and Tomochichi
What were the Highland Scots known for?
Being good soldiers and establishing Darien and Inverness
Which royal governor was placed under house arrest for his loyalty to Great Britain?
James Wright
What was the economic policy of England?
Mercantilism
How was Savannah planned?
on a grid system & designed to look like European cities
What group was pro-slavery in this unit?
Malcontents
How did governance change in the transition from Trustee to Royal Colony?
The rules changed from the CHarter of 1732 and the GA general assembly was formed.
How do we know the Spanish were exploring the Americas for religious reasons?
They built Catholic missions on the barrier islands that they used to convert Native Americans.
Mercantilism: export more goods from the colony to the mother country than you import to the colony. Take raw materials from the colonies and send to the MC, MC will then turn into finished goods, finished goods will then be sold in the colonies
Who was the only Trustee to physically travel to GA?
James Oglethorpe
Why did the Salzburgers have to leave Austria?
They were protestant and their monarch was Catholic.
What laws changed in the transition from Trustee to Royal colony in GA?
land, alcohol, and slavery rules were relaxed
How did we first find out about Mississippian culture?
Hernando DeSoto's journals
What things were not allowed in the GA colony according to the Charter of 1732?
Catholics, Jews, alcohol, slavery, owning more than 500 acres of land
How did Tomochichi help in the establishment of Savannah?
He moved his people from Yamacraw Bluff so that James Oglethorpe could move his people there.
Which group established Ebenezer and New Ebenezer?
Salzburgers
How did allowing slavery in the colony affect GA?
Why did the Mission period end?
What incentives were given to people according the Charter of 1732?
50 acres of land, 500 acres if they paid their own way; food, seed & ag supplies for a year
What did Mary Musgrove receive for her work?
St. Catherine's Island and a large sum of money
What contributions did Jews make to the Trustee colony of GA? Why was this unlikely?
Jews were originally forbidden from the colony. They had a doctor that helped people with yellow fever. They also established congregation Mickve Israel. It is the oldest Jewish congregation in the country.
Describe Henry Ellis' and James Wrights' relationship with Native Americans in GA
Ellis - friendship w/ Creek leadership who were irritated w/ Musgrove’s land claims, Managed trade agreements between Creek and local traders
Wright - Oversaw westward growth of the colony and encouraged American Indians to give land to the colony