3) SS8H2a The Charter of 1732

Who would have benefited the most under the initial plans for the establishment of the Georgia Colony?

• A. 

  British debtors

• B. 

  French fur trappers

• C. 

  Christian missionaries

• D. 

  American Indian traders

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

How did charity motivate Georgia Trustees to found the Georgia Colony?

• A. 

  The trustees hoped to give poor and indebted British people a new start in the New World.

• B. 

  The trustees wanted to grow enough food in the Georgia Colony to feed the poor in Britain.

• C. 

  The trustees planned to convert American Indians to Christianity, which the British considered charitable.

• D. 

  The trustees wanted Puritans to have a place to practice their religion, but they settled in other colonies

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

As stated in the Charter of 1732, why was the Georgia Colony settled? Select all that apply.

• A. 

  charity

• B. 

  defense

• C. 

  education

• D. 

  economics

• E. 

  independence

How did James Oglethorpe gain the friendship of Georgia's Yamacraw Indians?

• A. 

  He agreed to to travel with him and to introduce the chief to the British elite.

• B. 

  He hired military officer John Musgrove to work with the Yamacraw to integrate them into Georgia's militia.

• C. 

  He engaged the translation services of Mary Musgrove, who was part American Indian and part British.

• D. 

  He arranged for Mary Musgrove, who was British, to marry the Yamacraw Chief Tomochichi and live among them.

What is the historical importance of James Oglethorpe's Georgia settlement?

• A. 

  It was Britain's most populous colony in North America.

• B. 

  It was Britain's most prosperous colony in North America.

• C. 

  It was the last of the thirteen colonies established by the British.

• D. 

  It was the first of the thirteen colonies established by the British.