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Question | Answer |
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Why did they limit land | 500 acres |
Why did they limit who gets the land inheritance | they thought women couldn't protect their land from the spanish |
No slaves | they thought it was immoral and Unjust. They also believed it would make them lazy |
No rum or Hard Liquors | They thought drinking rum and hard liquors would mae people lazy |
No Catholics or Jews | Great Britain was a Protestant nation. They believed that in conflict the Catholics would join Spain. |
Trustee | A person or group given power and authority to make decisions for another |
Parliament | An assembly of elected representatives that makes laws for a country |
Charter | An official paper in which certain rights are given by a government to a person or business |
Philanthropy | Poor and unemployed people could apply to go to the new colony where they would have a fresh start |
Economics | The new colony could send crops back to england |
Defense | Georgia would protect South Carolina from the spanish threat at no cost to the British government |
Three reasons King George II approved the charter | Philanthropy, Economics, Defense |
Charter | An official paper in which certain rights are given by a government to a person or a business |
James Oglethorpe | A member of The Parliament. Got the charter or 1732 approved. Known as the 'Father Of Georgia' |