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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Battle of Bloody Marsh | (July 7, 1742)-The decisive battle during the War of Jenkins Ear - Georgia colonists stopped the Spanish invasion of St.Simmons Island. England would not have to worry about the Spanish posing a threat to their colonies ever again. |
| Defense | 1 of 3 reasons for Georgia's founding; colony was to offer protection to South Carolina and the other colonies |
| Charity | 1 of 3 reasons for George's founding. James Oglethorpe and the trustees hoped to bring debtors and the England's "worthy poor" to the colony to begin new lives |
| Charter of 1732 | The document that formally established the colony of Georgia; the reasons for Georgia's founding and the regulations set up by the trustees. |
| Economics | 1 of 3 reasons for Georgia's founding. The English hoped that Georgia would be able to produce wine, rice, silk and indigo. (Crops and natural resources/raw materials) |
| Highland Scots | From the Highland areas of Scotland. James Oglethorpe brought this group to Georgia to serve as soldiers for the colony. |
| Malcontent | Colonists who complained about the trustee rules or regulations for the Georgia colony. |
| Mary Musgrove | Woman who served as the translator for James Oglethorpe and Yamacraw Indian Chief Tomochichi. |
| James Oglethorpe | (1696-1785)- one of the 21 members of the trustees who established Georgia; Only trustee to come to the colony and served as the military and governmental leader of the colony. |
| Royal governor | Governor appointed by the English Monarch to run a colony. |
| Salzburgers | Group of Protestants from Austria who were invited to settle in Georgia due to religious persecution they were experiencing in Europe. They were very industrious or hard working. |
| Savannah | The first capital of Georgia; founded in 1733 by James Oglethorpe. |
| Tomochichi | Was the chief of the Yamacraw Indians. He befriended James Oglethorpe and allowed him to establish the colony of Georgia on Yamacraw Indian territory. |
| Trustee Period | (1732-1751)-The time period when Georgia was governed by the trustees. |
| Royal | Georgia would transition to this kind of colony after the Trustee Period. |
| King | Controlled the Georgia colony during the Royal Period of Georgia history. (He appointed a royal governor to serve.) |
| Jews | Second group to settle the Georgia colony. A much needed medical doctor was among this group. |
| Colony | A group of people who settle in a new land but who retain ties to their homeland or mother country. |
| Hernando de Soto | Spanish explorer who traveled through Georgia searching for gold. |
| Mercantilism | England wanted to export more than they imported, thus desired to make money from raw materials found in the colonies. What was this economic policy called? |
| Creek and Cherokee | Two Native American Indian groups that lived in Georgia at the time of European contact |
| Convert the Native Americans to Christianity | The main purpose of Spanish missions located throughout Georgia's barrier islands: |
| Charter | A document that grants special rights and privileges. (Signed by the king and allowed Georgia to become a colony.) |
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