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H2 Study Guide
Colonial Georgia
Term | Definition |
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James Oglethorpe | Founded Georgia, Colony for debtors because of his friend Robert Castell, King wanted wealth and a defensive buffer against Spanish Florida |
Charter of 1732 | Set rules for colonists and established trustees, Didn’t allow lawyers, Catholics, liquor dealers and slavery, Required people farm a portion of their land for mulberry trees |
Tomochichi | Yamacraw Indian Chief who helped colonist survive |
Mary Musgrove | Translator who helped colonists communicate with the Yamacraw Indians |
City of Savannah | Designed by Robert Castell (possibly), 24 squares like famous cities in Europe |
Salzburgers | Austrian immigrants who founded Ebenezer and New Ebenezer, Left Europe because of religious differences with the Catholic Church, Protestant |
Highland Scots | Settled in Darien |
Malcontents | Settlers upset about not having slavery and the Charters Rules |
John Reynolds | 1st Royal Governor, Bicameral Legislature, Was kicked out for trying to run the colony by himself |
Henry Ellis | 2nd Royal Governor, Colony succeeded economically, Farms were more profitable and merchants increased selling goods, Had to leave due to illness |
James Wright | Improved Savannah’s defenses, Promoted large farms or plantations, Cash crops and slavery |