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Georgia History

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show The founder of the colony of Georgia Member of British Parliament  
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show Usually refers to the original settlers of the North American Continent (Indians)  
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Europeans   show
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show Islands of the coast of Georgia that help protect its coastline and served as the first area settled by the Spanish  
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show Practiced by Europeans beginning in the 1400's in search of better trade route and other riches  
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Christopher Columbus   show
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Hernando de Soto   show
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Mississippi River   show
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show Written permission given to James Oglethorpe by King George II to start the colony of Georgia  
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show a place a group of people may make their temporary or permanent home  
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show the time period in North America from 1599-1763  
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show Yamacraw Indian Chief Credited with helping the New Georgia colony survive  
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show (Native American name...Coosaponakessa) child of English sailor and Native American woman credited with smoothing over relations between Native Americans and the early Georgia settlers  
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show Native American name of Mary Musgrove  
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show Georgia coastal city of great importance because of its location near the Savannah river  
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show Member of British Parliament who was responsible for sending trustees to the Georgia colony  
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Robert Castell   show
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John Martin Bolzius   show
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Trustee   show
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show in the latter years of the Georgia colony, this group became dissatisfied with the colony and its leadership  
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show men who were recruited by Oglethorpe to live in the colony of Georgia because of their fighting ability  
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show German protestants who came to the Georgia colony and founded the cities of Ebenezer and New Ebenezer  
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Ebenezer   show
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show a religious group that settled in Georgia that had different views about religion including allowing women to be religious leaders  
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show where the Protestant Moravians were from  
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Yamacraw   show
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show The site where the New Georgia colonists landed in the are now known as Georgia  
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show The Fort on the Southeastern edge of Georgia that was a buffer between the English settlers and the Spanish  
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Treaty of Savannah   show
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Missionary   show
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show recruited Highland Scots to settle in Georgia  
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show The Spanish fleet of ships that was said to be "invincible" until it was defeated by the British  
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St. Augustine, FL   show
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show operating from the late 16th to early 19th centuries, carrying slaves, cash crops, and manufactured goods between three powers: West Africa and the Caribbean, the American colonies, and Europe  
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show Settlements used by Spanish Priests used to convert Native Americans to Christians  
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show Another name for the Catholic religion  
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Charlesfort   show
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Fort King George   show
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show fought on St. Simons Island, Oglethorpe's soldiers defeated Spanish forces in the only Spanish invasion of Georgia during the War of Jenkins' Ear  
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show Believing in Jesus Christ  
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show A person who believes in Jesus Christ but does not follow the strict Catholic religion  
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show the first Spanish settlement on the coast of the area now known as Georgia  
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show Imprisoning someone to do physical labor as was done in the early American colonies  
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Indentured Servants   show
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show when a person sells more goods than they have to buy  
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Trustee Period   show
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show the term used by James Oglethorpe to describe the people he thought would benefit from going to the new colony of Georgia (penal colony)  
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show When a colony is under the control of the trustees  
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Royal colony   show
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show Georgia's first royal governor (1754-1757) was not very successful, people hated his rules and regulations  
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show Georgia's second royal governor (1757-1760) under which Georgians learned how to govern themselves, and they have been doing so ever since. left because of poor health  
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show Georgia's the third and last royal governor of Georgia, serving from 1760 to 1782. He was the most popular of the three  
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Lord Halifax   show
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land grants   show
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colonial Georgia   show
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tabby   show
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show (aka Seven Years War) French and Indian banded together to fight the British and Colonial troops. The British and Colonials won  
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France   show
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Spain   show
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show European nation that eventually would claim most of the coastal areas of the North American continent  
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show English queen under which much of the exploration of the New World was done  
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Philip II   show
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King George II   show
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show Established off the Georgia coast sometime around 1590, the northernmost base of the Spanish its defeat marked the decrease in Spanish control in American set the stage for British domination of the American colonies  
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show where the Salzburgers were from  
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1784   show
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Siege   show
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John Treutlen (Salzburger)   show
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show Benjamin Fraknin created this cartoon to convince people to support the revolution  
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