Establishing the Ga. Colony
Great Britain explored and settled in order to establish _____________________ colonies to increase its power and wealth.
What is permanent
The location of the first British settlement in Georgia established in 1732.
What is Yamacraw Bluff
This group of colonists brought a much needed doctor to the Georgia colony, who was able to help with the Yellow Fever epidemic.
Who were the Jewish settlers?
Trustee or Royal?
=no slavery
=James Oglethorpe served as Governor of the colony
=no self government
=no alcohol
What is Trustee colony
This refers to a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically far away, and occupied by settlers from that country.
What is a colony?
The British policy of creating colonies around the world to obtain raw materials from them in order to increase trade.
What is Mercantilism
=granted Yamacraw land to Oglethorpe for the Georgia Colony.
=believed in a peaceful trading alliance between the British and the Natives would benefit his people.
Who is Tomochichi
=Scottish Protestants
=were recruited by the Trustees to come to the Ga. Colony and helped protect it from Spanish threat in the Battle of Bloody Marsh.
Who were the Highland Scotts?
Using slave labor, colonists began growing bigger cash crops like tobacco and rice.
What is Trustee colony
What is Spain?
James Oglethorpe's ides to create a colony for the worthy poor was this reason for founding the Ga. colony.
What is philanthropy
Under the Charter of 1732, the Georgia colony would grow these 3 crops.
What is grapes, indigo, and mulberry trees
This group of colonists was, upset with and wanted to change, the Trustees' rules about slavery, crops, and land ownership.
Who were the Malcontents?
During this period, a Royal Governor was appointed to carry out the King's orders for governing in the Ga Colony.
introduced to the Georgia colony in the Royal Period, it provide the work force needed to grow cash crops like tobacco and rice.
The written document that established Georgia as a Trustee colony.
What is the Charter of 1732
=bilingual
=served as interpreter
=helped the British and Yamacraw to have a peaceful relationship
=These German-speaking Protestants fled Europe due to religious persecution.
=Settled at New Ebenezer in the Ga. Colony
=brought the Lutheran Church, first orphanage, and Sunday School to Georgia.
Georgia colonists could buy and sell land, and own more than 50 acres during this period.
What is the Trustee period?
Georgia became a Trustee colony in 1732. Georgia became a Royal colony in this year.
What is 1752?
The Charter of 1732 included the following. (answer with the numbers)
Colonists were given 50 acres of land
Colonists could not grow crops
Colonists could own slaves
Colonists could not sell land for a profit
Colonists had to grow mulberry trees.
What is 1, 4, 5
The first British city in Georgia, and the first planned city in America.
What is Savannah?
Georgia became the 13th British Colony in North America in this year.
What is 1732?
The colony was self-governed by its citizens and led by a Royal Governor.
What was the Royal Colony?
This group of Georgia colonist established the city of Darien, worshipped as Protestants, and brought the Presbyterian Church to the Georgia Colony.
Who were the Highland Scotts?