The Founding of Georgia

In order for Oglethorpe to establish the colony he needed a ____ from the king.

• Map
• Blessing
• Leader
• Charter

Oglethorpe had to sell his idea of a colony to the king, so he argued that it would provide _____ to South Carolina.

• Food
• Cotton
• Silk
• Protection

Where did Oglethorpe begin the new settlement?

• along the Chattahoochee River
• along the Flint River
• along the Savannah River
• along the Mississippi River

South Carolina was often subject to attacks from _____ in Florida

• France
• Denmark
• Spain
• Portugal

Georgia was also intended to support the British policy of ______.

• Mecantilism
• Religious Freedom
• Free Market Enterprise
• Capitalism

Under the policy of Mercantilism Britain wanted _______.

• the colonies to trade exclusively with on another.
• the colonies to manufacture goods to sell to England.
• produce raw materials and buy finished goods from England
• the colonies to trade with whomever gave them the best deal.

______ was the founder and first governor of Georgia.

• James Oglethorpe
• King George II
• Hernado de Soto
• Mary Musgrove

Georgia was founded for all of the following reasons except______.

• Buffer Colony
• Mercantilisim
• Religious Freedom
• Home for "Worthy Poor"

Colonists could not have _____ or _____ because the Trustees wanted the colonists to be hard workers.

• Wives, children
• liquor, indentured servants
• alcohol, slaves 
• wives, indentured servants

The chief of the Yamacraw Indians, _____ became good friends with Oglethorpe and actually went back to England with him to meet the king.

• Tomochichi
• Sitting Bull
• Powatan
• Crazy Horse