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Colonization,Georgia
Facts about the colonization of Georgia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What year did Tomochichi die? | 1739 |
| What happened in the same year that Tomochichi died? | Britain declared war on Spain |
| When did Oglethorpe build Fort Frederica? | 1736 |
| When did the first colonists arrive at Yamacraw Bluff? | 1733 |
| When did the trustees vote to allow slavery in Georgia? | 1750 |
| When did the trustees give up the charter and make Georgia a royal colony? | 1752 |
| What are the three purposes of Georgia's charter? | charity, economics, and defense |
| What was the fourth reason for Georgia's creation though not stated in the charter? | religion |
| What river was selected as Georgia's northern border? | savannah river |
| What river was chosen as Georgia's southern border. | the Altamaha river |
| What type of English colony was Georgia? | A trustee colony |
| When did Georgia's Charter name James Oglethorpe and 20 other British gentlemen as trustees? | 1732 |
| How long were the the trustees responsible for Georgia? | 21 years |
| What were the keys to make Georgia into a model society? | Strict rules on land and work and carefully selected colonists |
| How did the trustees raise money for the Georgia colony? | through sermons, pamphlets, speeches, and newspapers that carried appeals for donations of money |
| How many families were selected to come to the Georgia colony? | 35 |
| Who was not chosen to come to the Georgia colony? | debtors and prisoners |
| What did the trustees give the families to start their lives in Georgia? | free passage to Georgia, land, weapons, tools, seed, and food for passage |
| What did the families to in return for all of the free things? | clear the land, raise crops, build houses and public structures, and follow the trustees rules |
| When did Oglethorpe and the families cross over to Georgia? | 1732 |
| Indentured servants came to Georgia for this valuable plant to send back to England. | Tobacco |
| The chief who gave Oglethorpe the land for the first English settlement in Georgia. | Tomochichi |
| A trade policy that called for balanced trade and the need for raw materials to be sent back to the mother land. | mercantilism |
| Oglethorpe's friend who died in debtor's prison. | Robert Castell |
| The first fort built in Georgia around 1721. | Fort King George |
| Rules and laws assigned to the colonists by Oglethorpe and other trustees. | regulations |
| What could not be owned by either trustees or colonists? | land |
| a citizen army | militia |
| a person who has no right or privileges and is seen as a property of another | slave |
| the person the trustees ultimately answered to | King George the 2nd |
| the year the charter was granted | 1732, |
| the tree the trustees promised to plant in order to acquire raw materials for England | mulberry tree |
| the group of people Oglethorpe wanted to help with the new colony | Poor-but-worthy |
| the interpreter for Oglethorpe and Tomochichi | Mary Musgrove |
| the number of trustees who were granted the charter to start a colony in Georgia | 21 |
| a person or group of people who represent another person legally | trustee |
| the four groups of people Oglethorpe did not want in the Georgia colony | liquor dealers, lawyers, Africans, Catholics |
| the bluff that Tomochichi gave Oglethorpe to settle | Yamacraw |
| two important rivers that laid boundaries for the colony of Georgia | Savannah and Altamaha |
| the primary religion of the new colony of Georgia | Anglican |
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