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Why did King George II allow the German Salzburgers to settle in Georgia?

• The Salzburgers had success in producing silk.

• The Salzburgers and King George II were all German Protestants.

• The Salzburgers were an industrious and creative group of people.

• The Salzburgers and the Jews helped the British colonists survive the first years.

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Which BEST explains why Oglethorpe gave the Highland Scots land on the coast of Georgia? 

• The Scottish were fierce fighters.

• The Scottish could take care of the land.

• The Scottish followed unfavorable religious practices. 

• The Scottish refused to follow the rules of the Trustees.

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Match the following groups of settlers to their contibution to the Trustee Period.

• one of the settlers was a doctor, others became important merchants and established charities

• Jewish Settlers

• built forts and fought in battles against Spanish

• Malcontents

• proved the Trustees’ plan had not produced economic growth

• Salzburgers

• only colonists to successfully produce silk

• Highland Scots

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Reorder the following events.

• Tomochichi grants the land to Oglethorpe.

• Oglethorpe finds a suitable location to settle.

• Mary Musgrove becomes Oglethorpe's interpreter.

• Colonists clear land and build Savannah.

• Colonists arrive in South Carolina.

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Where did Oglethorpe choose to settle?

• a swampy area near Charleston, South Carolina

• Creek Plains, near the Altamaha River

• Yamacraw Bluff, on the Savannah River

• on St. Catherine’s, one of Georgia’s barrier islands

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Why did the state capitals move Westward?

• Population shifted

• Following the Indian tribes

• Just wanted to move to new area

• Had better land

Which land distribution had People buying tickets, in a drawing, in hopes to be the winner of the land given away?

• Yazoo land fraud

• Land Lottery

• Headright system

• Indian removal Act

Which land distribution is described?

• Headright System

• Indian removal Act

• Yazoo Land fraud

• Land Lottery

Which land distribution is being described?

Chattahoochee River became Georgia's Western boundary, land companies bribed the Georgia general assembly to sell land at a low cost.

Resulting in Georgia losing land

• Land Lottery

• Yazoo Land fraud

• Headright System

• Indian Removal Act

The first state sponsored public university in the United States; founded in 1785.

• University of Georgia

• Creek Indians

• Headright System