Exploration & Early Colonization

Church started by Spain to convert people to Catholicism 

• Methodist 
• Catholic Church
• Spanish Missions
• Baptist 

Disease, from Europe, that killed many Native Americans

• Small Pox
• Chicken Pox
• Polio
• The Plague

Spanish explorer; in 1540, first person to explore Georgia

• Ponce de Leon
• Vasco da Gama
• Hernando de Soto
• Christopher Columbus

Three primary reasons Spain explored the New World

• God, Gold, and Glory
• Guns, Germs, and Steel 
• Gold, Spices, and Silk
• God, Land, and Power

Which was NOT one of the three main countries to compete for land in the New World?

• France 
• Spain 
• Germany 
• Great Britain 

Name of the first settlement in GA?

• Columbus
• Savannah 
• Augusta
• Terminus 

King who signed the Charter of 1732 that allowed GA to become a colony

• King Henry VIII
• King George III
• King George II
• King Louis XiV

Founder of GA who was the leader of the Trustees

• Tomochichi
• John Musgrove
• King George II
• James Oglethorpe

Number of Trustees that lead GA during the Trustee Period

• 28
• 21
• 45
• 82

Served as interpreter for Oglethorpe and Tomochichi 

• Mary Musgrove 
• Nancy Hart
• Rebecca Latimer Felton
• Leugenia Burns Hope