1. Chapter 4 Section 4 questions key
As the leader of Georgia, what were Oglethorpe’s early duties?
1) got land grants 2) made treaties with Native Americans 3) had small fort built 5) trained militia 6) encouraged colonists 7)helped design future city of Savannah
How was each settler’s property divided?
House in Savannah, 5-acre garden plot at edge of town, and had 45 acre farms in the country
Why were mulberry trees cultivated by the colonists?
Feed silkworms  needed Silk for King George
How many settlers died the first year? 40
Which religious group was NOT allowed in the Georgia colony?
Catholics

2. Chapter 4 Section 4 questions key
Why did Oglethorpe allow 42 Jews to join the Colony?
Needed to replace doctor and men in militia
Who was the Jewish doctor who replaced the colony’s only doctor who died?
Samuel Nunis
What group of people arrived in March 1734?
Salzburgers (German Protestants)
What did the Salzburgers call their first town and what does it mean?
Ebenezer  Rock of Help
Who did Oglethorpe take to visit Great Britain?
Tomochichi

3. Chapter 4 Section 4 questions key
What did this visit strengthen?
Indian-British relationships
When Oglethorpe returned to Savannah in Feb. 1736, he brought 300 new colonists which included what 2 groups?
Salzburgers and Moravians
Who were the two religious leaders who came to the Georgia Colony?
John and Charles Wesley (Methodist)
What were the 3 regulations Oglethorpe presented to the Colonists?
1) no rum 2) alcohol could not be traded to Native Americans 3) no slavery
What began to divide the colonists?
New regulations and passing land only to male heirs

4. Chapter 4 Section 4 questions key
The colonists were facing economic hardships in producing what products?
Silk, hemp, flax, indigo, and grapes
What did South Carolina colonists have that Georgia colonists did not?
Large amounts of slaves, land, and rum
What crops were the South Carolina Colonists growing successfully?
Rice, cotton, tobacco
Who settled Darien in 1735?
Highland Scots & Salzburgers
Which 2 groups of Georgia Colonists opposed slavery?

5. Chapter 4 Section 4 questions key
What did growing number of settlers in Georgia want?
Salves
When did war between Great Britain and Spain break out?
1739
What was the war called?
War of Jenkins Ear
What did Oglethorpe and his 2000 troops try to do to defeat the Spanish?
Take major Spanish forts in Florida
What happened on June 15, 1740 to force Oglethorpe’s troops to retreat to St. Simons Island?
Spanish militia’s surprise attack on Oglethorpe’s troops

6. Chapter 4 Section 4 questions key
In what battle, along the marshes of St. Simons Island did Oglethorpe’s troops surprise the Spanish and force them back across the Atlantic?
Bloody Marsh
Why did the Spanish decide to leave the area for good?
They thought the British warships were on their way for a great battle and they knew they were outnumbered
Why was Oglethorpe called to Great Britain in 1743
Answer charges he had not acted correctly when he failed to capture St. Augustine
When he was cleared of charges, did he return to Georgia? No
Who was the 1st President of the Georgia Colony?
William Stephens

7. Chapter 4 Section 4 questions key
When did the Trustees return Georgia to King George II?
1752
In 1742, what was finally allowed in the Georgia colony?
Rum
What became legal in 1750 in the Georgia colony?
Slaves and land ownership of more than 500 acres
Who established Bethesda Orphan Home in Ebenezer?
Evangelist George Whitfield
Who established the 1st Sunday School and the Methodist Church?
John & Charles Wesley
What was the Trustees greatest accomplishment?
Their ability to enable the Georgia Colony to survive the many hardships encountered during the 1st 20 years

8. Unit 2: Exploration & Georgia Colonization
Spanish explorer; in 1540, first person to explore Georgia
Hernando de Soto
Diseases, from Europe, killed many Native Americans
Small Pox
Church started by Spain to convert people to Catholicism
Mission
Three primary reasons Spain explored the New World
God, Glory, Gold
Three major European countries competing for the New World
Spain (Spanish), France (French), and Great Britain (British)

9. Unit 2: Exploration & Georgia Colonization
Name of first settlement (city) in Georgia
Savannah
Signed the Charter of 1732, which created Georgia
King George II
“Father” of Georgia; Founder and Head of Trustee Georgia
James Oglethorpe
Number of Trustees that GA during Trustee Period 21
Served as interpreter for Oglethorpe and Tomochichi
Mary Musgrove

10. Unit 2: Exploration & Georgia Colonization
Yamacraw Chief that assisted Oglethorpe and the GA colonists
Tomochichi
First city built by the Salzburgers in GA
Ebenezer
Dissatisfied Georgia colonists; Most came from Scotland
Malcontents
People unable to pay their bills; imprisoned in Great Britain
Debtors
Name three (3) reasons for the founding of Georgia
Charity, Economics (Mercantilism), Defense

11. Unit 2: Exploration & Georgia Colonization
Type of colony GA became after the Charter of 1732 expired
Royal Colony
Title of person who controlled (governed) Royal Colonies
King or Governor
Name three (3) Royal Governors of Georgia
John Reynolds
Henry Ellis
James Wright
Georgia’s longest serving Royal Governor
Country that controlled Florida territory
Spain

12. Unit 2: Exploration & Georgia Colonization
Economic System where you export more than you import
Mercantilism
Three rules / laws Trustees enforced for Georgia; changed during Georgia’s time as a Royal Colony
No slavery
No alcohol
No gambling
Women could not own / inherit land
Person, considered property, forced to work for their owner
Slave
Religion that was not allowed to settle (live in) Georgia
Catholicism (Catholic)
War that ended Royal Period of Georgia’s history
American Revolution