Unit 3 Review Part 1

Who was MOST responsible for the creation of the Georgia colony?

• Robert Castell

• Samuel Nunez

• James Oglethorpe

• Hernando de Soto

What was James Oglethorpe’s personal reason for seeking a thirteenth colony?

• trade

• charity

• defense

• religion

Which statement is NOT true of the original Georgia Charter of 1732?

• The charter stated that each colonist would plant mulberry trees.

• The charter stated that each colonist would help defend the colony.

• The charter stated that each colonist would follow the state religion.

• The charter stated that each colonist would receive fifty acres of land.

According to the original Georgia Charter of 1732, between what two rivers was Georgia to be built?

• Oconee and Ocmulgee

• Savannah and Altamaha

• Chattahoochee and Flint

• St. Mary’s and Ogeechee

According to the original Georgia Charter of 1732, all of the following groups were banned EXCEPT

• blacks

• lawyers

• protestants.

• liquor dealers.

All of the following were reasons behind the creation of the Georgia colony EXCEPT

• charity

• defense

• religion

• economic

Which best explains the defensive reason for Georgia’s creation?

• Georgia would serve as a buffer separating Spanish Florida and South Carolina.

• Georgia would serve as a training ground for English soldiers to be stationed in the New World.

• Georgia would serve as a military outpost for dealing with hostile Native Americans in the area.

• Georgia would be a military post from which the English could raid French and Spanish settlements.

Which best explains the charitable reason behind Georgia’s creation?

• Georgia would be a safe refuge for the working poor of England.

• Georgia would take the overflow from England’s overcrowded prisons.

• Georgia would receive poor families seeking to come to the New World.

• Georgia would serve as a place for England’s debtors to serve out their terms.

Which best explains the economic reason behind Georgia’s creation?

• Georgia would host European nations as an international market.

• Georgia would serve as a trading center for England, France, Spain, and local tribes.

• Georgia would provide England raw materials England currently had to buy from other nations.

• Georgia would import foreign goods and then sell them at a profit to the Native Americans.

Who acted as James Oglethorpe’s interpreter with the Yamacraw Indians he encountered?

• Sequoyah

• Nancy Hart

• William Bull

• Mary Musgrove