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Colony of GA
this stack will be mostly about the british colony of georgia.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| James Oglethorpe | The founder of georgia |
| Savannah | First city in georgia |
| Charter of 1732 | Permission slip by King George II to James Oglethorpe to create the colony of georgia. |
| Trustee | the Founders and Rulers of the colonies under british rule. |
| Royal Period (colony) | The thirteen colonies under british rule from 1607 to 1783 |
| Philanthropy | the desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed especially by the generous donation of money to good causes. Charity. |
| malcontents | a person who is not satisfied with current conditions |
| Debtor | a person who was unsuccessful in england may come to the colonies to try again. |
| Trustee Period | Trustee Georgia is the name of the period covering the first twenty years of Georgia history, from 1732–1752 |
| Rice rivers | The Savannah, Ogeechee, Altamaha and Satilla rivers were known as rice rivers because they are located in Georgia and rice was the first productive crop in Georgia |
| John Reynolds | a captain in the British royal navy. served as Georgia's first royal governor from late 1754 to early 1757. |
| Royal Governor | A royal governor is a gubernatorial official, appointed by a king or other monarch. |
| Highland scots | The Highland Scots were Scottish warriors that were recruited to help defend Georgia. In October 1735, they came to Georgia and settled in a town called Darien. They were the best at what they did and helped the English in many battles. |
| Mary musgrove | Mary Musgrove was of mixed Yamacraw and English ancestry. She facilitated in the development of Colonial Georgia and became an important intermediary between Muscogee Creek natives and the English colonists. |
| Tomochichi | Tomochichi was the head chief of a Yamacraw town on the site of present-day Savannah, Georgia in the 18th century. He gave his land to James Oglethorpe to build the city of Savannah. |
| James Wright | James Wright was the third and last royal governor of Georgia, serving from 1760 to 1782 |
| Henry Ellis | Henry Ellis, the second royal governor of Georgia, has been called "Georgia's second founder." |
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