Georgia Colony Quiz Flashcards
Who was the Georgia named after?
King George 2
What are the reasons Georgia was colonized?
Offer a new start to debtors, defend Carolina colony from attack from Spanish army(the main reason), help England become self sufficient in trade, produce goods (indigo, silk, wine),trade with Native Americans.
Who gave permission for the settlement?
Chief Tomochichi
Who helped to translate between Oglethorpe and Tomochichi?
Mary Musgrove
Who’s forces defeated the Spanish forces in the Battle of Bloody Marsh and ended the Spanish threat to Georgia?
Oglethorpe’s
Who were not allowed in the colony according to the charter?
Catholics, liquor dealers, lawyers, and slaves
Who were upset with the with the Georgia colony’s rules against slavery and alcohol?
Malcontents
Who did not want slavery?
Slazburgers and Scottish highlanders
Which German speaking Protestants came to Georgia for religious freedom and settled in Ebenezer (then new Ebenezer)
Salzburgers
What excellent soldiers settled in Darien?
Highland Scots
Who was Georgia managed by from 1733-1754 when it was a proprietary colony?
Trustees and a charter
Who was governing the Georgia colony from 1754-1776?
Royal governors
Who marched through Georgia in 1540 in search of gold?
Hernando DeSoto
What was the name the Spanish gave to Coastal Georgia?
Guale
