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Settling Georgia
Chapter 4 of book
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who convinced many other explorers to travel? | Marco Polo |
| What is a middleman? | a trader who buys goods from producers and sells them to other traders and consumers |
| Who was the first to look for a sea route to the Far East? | Prince Henry |
| Who first reached the southern tip of Africa? | Bartholomew Diaz |
| What point did Christopher Columbus land at when he reached the New World? | San Salvador |
| Which countries were the major exploring countries? | France, England, Spain |
| What did Vasco de Gama do? | He rounded the tip of Africa to get to India. |
| Who traveled near the coast of North Carolina? | Giovanni Verrazano |
| Who conquered the Aztecs and who conquered the Incas? | Cortes/ Pizarro |
| What was the first European city in the New World? | St. Augustine |
| What was Frances Drake's major accomplishment? | He defeated the Spanish Armada, which gave England control of the seas. |
| What was the purpose of mercantilism? | to make a country more money and make them more self-sufficient |
| What is mercantilism? | to export more than you import |
| What was the first British permanent settlement in the New World? | Jamestown |
| What is an indentured servant? | a person who worked for another person for 4-7 years in exchange for passage to the New World |
| How is an indentured servant different from a slave? | Slaves had fewer rights, and spent their entire lives working for another person. |
| What is Fort King George? | a warning point for the Spanish to not invade the British colonies |
| Name four items that were taken from the Old World to the New World. | rye, radishes, beets, sugar cane, rice, peaches, and wheat/ farm animals |
| Name four items that were taken from the New World to the Old World. | potatoes, yams, peanuts, turkeys, pumpkins |
| What were the conditions that James Oglethorpe saw when he visited the debtors' prison? | Diseases spread quickly and debtors had to pay more money to get a good cells. |
| Why did Great Britain want to set up colonies in the New World? | mercantilism and defense buffers from the Spanish |
| In what year was the Georgia Charter signed? | 1732 |
| What point in Georgia did the settlers dock? | the mouth of the Savannah River |
| Which Indian group did Oglethorpe encounter in America? Who was the chief? | Yamacraws/ Tomochichi |
| What is an artisan? | a craftsperson |
| What is a militia? | a citizen army |
| What were the diseases in Georgia's first year? | scurvy, dysentery, and fever |
| What caused the diseases in Georgia's first year? | lack of fresh vegetables, changes in the climate, poor sanitation, and hard labor |
| What was a major reason that many settlers came to the New World? | freedom of religion |
| Why were many settlers unhappy with Oglethorpes's regulations? | They could not have rum, slaves, sell land, or pass it on to a male heir. |
| What is a trustee? How many were there? | Someone who ruled on behalf of King George 2nd/ 21 trustees |
| What could the trustees not do? | They couldn't hold office, they couldn't own land, they couldn't be paid for their work, and they couldn't pass laws. |
| What was the Battle of Bloody Marsh? | an event when Oglethorpe tried to invade Spanish Florida, but failed/ was not bloody or big/ marked the beginning of a safe southern frontier for the British |
| Name three accomplishments of the colony in its first twenty years. | 5500 people settled there/ the Bethesda Orphans Home was established by Whitfield/ John and Charles Wesley started the first Sunday School in America and founded the Methodist Church/ survived many hardships |
| What is Georgia's motto? What does it translate to? | Non Sibi Sed Allis/ not for themselves, but for others |
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