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H2 Social Studies
Spanish, England, and French Exploring the "New World"
Question | Answer |
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What year was Georgia established? | 1732 |
Who was known as Georgia's "Founding Father?" | James Oglethorpe |
Who approved of the settlement in Georgia? | King George II |
What were the three reasons for settlement in Georgia? | Philanthropy, Economic, Buffer/Protection |
Why were there no slaves allowed in Georgia? | The Trustees thought it was unjust and wrong. They also thought it might make the owners lazy and unwilling to do work. |
What was the limit on land? | 500 Acres |
Who were the Trustees and how many were there? | The people who made the "laws" for Georgia. There were 21 Trustees. |
Why couldn't a woman own land without a male in the family? | They believed that women could not protect their land from a Spanish attack. |
Why would they not let Catholics or Jews in? | They thought that the Catholics would join Spain if there was any conflict between the two. The Jews were apart of a Protestant nation in Great Britain and they did not want anything to do with that. |
Why was rum and other hard liquors banned from Georgia? | They thought it would make people laziness and they wanted Georgia to be the colony of "Worthy Poor" not drunken poor. |
What was Georgia called before settlement? | Yamacraw Bluff |
Who was the translator for the settlement? | Mary Musgrove |
What was Georgia gonna meant to be? | A debtors colony for people to live that were in prisons for debt. |