The Establishment of Georgia

  When did King George II grant Oglethorpe and his group a charter for the colony of Georgia? 

• 1492
• 1607
• 1732
•  1776 

Where did James Oglethorpe and the first Georgia colonists land when they arrived in Georgia?

• Ossabaw Island on Ossabaw Sound
• Fort Frederica near St. Simons Island
•   Yamacraw Bluff on the Savannah River
• Fort Pulaski on the Savannah River

Who was responsible for negotiating land and peace treaties between Native Americans and the settlers of colonial Georgia? 

•  Mary Musgrove
• Tomochichi
•  Highland Scots
•  The trustees 

James Oglethorpe is BEST described as

• a member of Parliament who wanted to establish a colony for debtors
• businessman who wanted to establish plantations in Georgia
• slave owner who introduced Americans to Georgia 
•  royal governor who finally convinced the king to make Georgia a royal colony

John and Mary Musgrove helped James Oglethorpe establish the Georgia colony by…  

• Chartering the first ship, the Ann, to transport settlers to Georgia
• Helping Oglethorpe negotiate with Tomochichi, chief of the Yamacraw, for the right to settle at Yamacraw Bluff 
• Ensuring that colonists in Georgia would have a monopoly on trade with Native Americans
• Petitioning the British king for land grants with which to establish the colony

Which of the following BEST describes Tomochichi?   

• He was Native American chief who helped James Wright acquire land
• He was the husband of Mary Musgrove
• He was Native American chief who befriended Oglethorpe and allowed him to settle in Savannah peacefully 
• He was a Native American whom Oglethorpe enslaved and took to England as a prisoner