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Question | Answer |
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Who is considered to be Georgia's founder and father? | James Oglethorpe |
What are the three main reasons England settled in Georgia? | Philanthropy, Economics, Defense |
Georgia started out as a colony for | debtors |
Who granted Georgia's charter? | King George II |
why did they band rum hard liquors | Trustees believed it led to laziness |
The charter of 1732 prohibited Catholics and Jews from settling. | Fear was the Catholics would join with Spain if there was a conflict. |
Adult male were given 50 acres plus , an additional for every servant or family member Not allowed to more than 500 acres why. | Trustees wanted a classless society. Land leads to great wealth, which leads to social status. |
Land could only be passed down to a son, not a daughter. No son, land could be given away why. | Trustees wanted land to be protected from the spanish attack. Worried a woman couldn’t defend her land |
Slaves where Banned in the colony why | thought it would make the colonist laze |
who was the founder of Georgia | James Oglethorpe |
who granted the charter | King George the 2 |