Colonial Georgia

Founder/Leader of GA Colony

• King George II of England
• King Georgia I 
• Jimmy Carter
• James Oglethorpe

Mercantilism is the economic theory that trade generates wealth. The goal of mercantilism is to . . . 

• export less than what is imported
• export more than what is imported
• export the same amount as is imported
• import everything / export nothing 

Oglethorpe wanted to start the GA colony to give a fresh start to __________________

• Native Americans
• Spanish 
• debtors
• silk makers

Georgia colonists were required to do all of the following EXCEPT _________

• plant mulberry trees
• defend the colony
• sell their land

The Georgia colony was named after ______

• James Oglethorpe
• King George I of England
• King George II of England
• Hernando de Soto

Mary Musgrove _______________

• helped make silk from mulberry trees
• was married to James Oglethorpe
• helped translate between Oglethorpe and Tomochichi
• was the leader of the GA colony  

The first planned city in America was _______

• Macon
• Atlanta
• Augusta
• Savannah 

German-speaking Protestants who came to GA for religious freedom 

• Salzburgers
• Scottish Highlanders
• Malcontents 

The Highland Scots . . . 

• were poor soldiers
• settled in Darien 
• settled in Ebenezer

From 1754 - 1776, Georgia was governed by _________________

• Chief Tomochichi 
• royal governors
• James Oglethorpe
• Mary Musgrove