Exploration & Colonization of Georgia

What is the document that outlined the reasons for GA's settlement?

• The Charter of 1732

• The Charter of 1723

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

Who is Tomochichi?

• The Chief of the Yamacraw Indians who allowed Oglethorpe to settle on Yamacraw Bluff.

• The translator for Oglethorpe.

• One of the trustees that founded Georgia.

• Somebody Random

The idea to help relieve poverty and unemployment; one of the reasons the colony of Georgia was founded

• Economics

• Defense

• Philanthropy

• Charter

A group of people that argued that they were not financially obliged to Oglethorpe and the Trustees; complained that the limitations on land ownership and the ban on slavery limited economic opportunities

• Trustees

• Malcontents

• Salzburgers

• Highland Scots

Buffer Colony

• A colony strategically located to provide defense for another colony (Georgia defended the colonies from Spanish attack)

• The first settlement of the Georgia colony

• The place where the Salzburgers lived

• The future home of Savannah

To increase trade and wealth through mercantilism; one reason the colony of Georgia was founded.

• Philanthropy

• defense

• Buffer Colony

• Economics

defense

• The act of defending someone or something; one of the reasons the colony of GA was founded. (To defend the Carolinas from Spanish attack)

• To help relieve poverty and unemployment; one of the reasons GA was founded.

• To increase trade and wealth through mercantilism; one reason the colony of GA was founded.

• To fight back with force

Who was one of the Trustees that founded GA; credited as "founder" and "first governor"; also known as "The Father of Georgia"

• Mary Musgrove

• James Oglethorpe

• Tomochichi

• Henry Ellis

Savannah

• The first permanent settlement of GA's colony

• Oglethorpe's daughter's name

• The future home of Savannah

• Where the Highland Scots lived in GA

Who was Mary Musgrove?

• The chief of the Yamacraw Indians.

• One of the trustees that founded GA

• Creek Indian; translator for James Oglethorpe and Tomochichi.

• A malcontent that was very angry with Oglethorpe.