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

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.2

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.