GA Studies 2nd Quarter Review

The economy of the royal colony depended on this group's labor 

• Salzburgers
• Highland Scots
• Malcontents
• Slaves

Group of unsatisfied colonists who wanted rum and slaves

• Salzburgers
• Highland Scots
• Malcontents
• Slaves

Chief of the Yamacraw tribe; to England with Oglethorpe; had a military funeral upon his death

• Musgrove
• Tomochichi
• Squanto
• Oglethorpe

Petitioned King George II and was granted a charter to establish the colony of Georgia

• James Oglethorpe
• Robert Castell
• King George III
• Queen Mary

The Spanish and British met for a final conflict at the Battle of ____ on St. Simons Island.

• Jenkins' Ear
• Bloody Marsh
• the Bands
• the Golden Isles

When the Georgia colony was established, which religious groups was not allowed to settle in it?

•  Jews and Catholics 
•  Puritans
• Protestants

James Oglethorpe's reason for founding a colony in America was to..

• mine gold and other valuable minerals.
• provide a refuge for persecuted religious groups.
• help the poor of England get a new start.
• increase slavery in the colonies.

Which statement best describes the principles governing the colony of Georgia in 1732?

• People of all religions were welcome to settle in Georgia.
• The government was one of America's early democracies.
• There were strict rules about land-ownership and work.
• Only people who could afford to own large plantations were encouraged to settle.

Which statement best explains why England established the Georgia colony?

• England wanted a port available for ships sailing to China and the East Indies.
• England wanted to create a trading partnership with the Native Americans.
• England wanted to provide a safe haven for Catholics who were being persecuted.
• England wanted a buffer state to prevent Spanish and Native American invasions of South Carolina.

In the early years of the colony, what was one reason the colonists were dissatisfied with the policies of the trustees who governed colonial Georgia?

• The colonists could not own slaves.
• The colonists were not allowed to practice their religion.
• The colonists were not allowed to read books.
• The colonists could not pay the high taxes required of them.