SS8H2 Test Prep

How did charity motivate Georgia Trustees to found the Georgia Colony? (SS8H2a)

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

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

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

• The trustees wanted escaped slaves from other colonies to settle there, but colonists treated them poorly.

Who acted as James Oglethorpe's interpreter with the Yamacraw Indians he encountered? (SS8H2b)

• Tomochichi

• Mary Musgrove

• Nancy Hart

• Sequoya

Where did James Oglethorpe land his colonists in Georgia to begin the thirteenth colony? (SS8H2e)

• Fort Pulaski on Savannah River

• Ossabaw Island on Ossabaw Sound

• Yamacraw Bluff on Savannah River

• Fort Frederica near St. Simons Island

Which statement BEST describes Mary Musgrove? (SS8H2b)

• She was married to John Musgrove and owned a trading post

• She lived on the Savannah River.

• She was a fur trader

• She was part Creek and part English and could speak both languages. She was a translator for James Oglethorpe and Tomochichi. Her and her husband owned a trading post.

Which of the following best describes Tomochichi? (SS8H2b)

• A Native American whom Oglethorpe enslaved and took to England as a prisoner.

• He was the husband of Mary Musgrove.

• He was a Native American chief who befriended Oglethorpe and allowed him to settle Savannah in peace.

• He was a Native American chief who helped James Wright acquire land.

The Georgia colony allowed Jews and Protestants but not Catholics. (SS8H2)

• True

• False

During the Trustee Period, the Georgia Colony was governed by which of the following? (SS8H2a)

• the Articles of Confederation

• the Charter of 1732

• the Constitution of Georgia

• the Proclamation of 1763

Who is the founding fathers of GA? (SS8H2)

• WILLIAM FEW

• JAMES ORGETHORPE

• MARY MUSGROVE

• TOMICHIHI

Which of the following was NOT a reason the Georgia Colony was founded? (SS8H2b)

• charity

• economics

• defense

• glory

What Indians were led by Tomochichi ? (SS8H2b)

• Creek

• Oconee

• Cherokee

• Yamacraw