WorksheetsGeorgia's Colonial Period
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 14mins
You always want to export more than you import; a country attempts to gain wealth through trade with other countries-which word reflects this?
free trade
tariff
mercantilism
import
Typically, a colony makes the ________________ the MAIN priority, with regard to seeking out natural resources/raw materials, growing crops, etc.
Colonists
local Native population
mother country
surrounding colonies
Despite rice, indigo, and tobacco becoming the GA Colony's cash crops, the colonists were REALLY hoping to produce ______, which never quite took-off (not the right climate conditions in South GA).
peaches
grapes
silk
pecans
Hired by Oglethorpe for their fighting skills:
Jews
Malcontents
Salzburgers
Highland Scots
This group of Colonists paid for their own journey to GA. They felt the rules imposed on other Colonists didn't apply to them. They were unhappy with the ban on rum and slaves, and land ownership limitations-they felt it held them back economically.
Salzburgers
Malcontents
Jews
Highland Scots
The Ga settlers changed their mind about these banned immigrants once their doctor saved the lives of many sickly colonists. (The colony's only doctor died, and Dr. Nunes took his place.)
Highland Scots
Salzburgers
The Jews
Malcontents
Hard-working, German-speaking Protestant refugees from Austria. They created the towns of Ebenezer/New Ebenezer. Had some success with silk production. Built a grist mill. Successful colonists.
Malcontents
Highland Scots
Jews
Salzburgers
Because GA was the last of the original 13 Colonies (the youngest colony under the "ownership" of the British Empire) the colonists....
felt they needed to divide their loyalty.
had no special ties to England and the King.
felt they should remain loyal to King George.
decided to save all the materials and natural resources for themselves.
On this day, James Oglethorpe and the first colonists, sailing on the ship called the "Anne", landed in what today is referred to as Savannah.
July 4th, 1776
Jan. 2nd, 1788
Nov. 17th, 1732
Feb. 12th, 1733
How did Tomochichi assist Oglethorpe with the GA Colony?
Mary Musgrove and Tomachichi decided to sell the land to Oglethorpe (and split the profit).
Tomochichi lost his power and position within his own tribe, and Oglethorpe simply took the land from the Natives.
Oglethorpe paid Tomochichi bags of gold and silver in exchange for the land around Savannah.
Tomochichi gave the land around modern-day Savannah to Oglethorpe (he and Oglethorpe reached an agreement).
What was the original name of the area we now refer to as Savannah?
Charleston
St. Simon's
Yamacraw Bluff
New Amsterdam
This individual is sometimes called the "Empress of the Creek Nation." This person played a vital role in the founding of Georgia in colonial America. The daughter of a Creek Indian mother and a white father, this individual was a shrewd negotiator and a successful trader. As an interpreter for James Edward Oglethorpe, the founder of Georgia Colony, this person helped maintain alliances between the Creek nation and the British at a time when British, French, and Spanish interests in the region were often in conflict.
Mr. Salzburger
Tomochichi
Mary Musgrove
Dr. Nunes
The MAIN reasons for GA becoming a colony:
Defense, silk production, and uniting European powers in and around the GA Colony
W.R.I.S.T Reasons
providing the GA settlers with numerous waterways in and around Savannah
Helping the "worthy poor", for economic gain, and to keep the Spanish out of GA
Oglethorpe had a "soft-spot" in his heart for these debtors:
The Jews
The Natives in the Yamacraw region
The "worthy poor"
The Malcontents
