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1
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where did the salzburgers settle

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ebenezer

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how did the spanish respond to oglethorpes attack

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they got ready/ prepared for war and to fight

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what does the executive branch do

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enforce laws

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where did the highland scotts settle

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darien, ga

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whats the judicial branch also known as

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supreme court

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what were the spanish and british competing over in north america

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building their empires

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what group of native americans did the british find upon arriving in ga

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yamacraw

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what group of ga settlers helped defend the colony at the battle of bloody marsh

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highland scotts

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how did the trustees feel about slavery

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didnt agree with it

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what are the southern colonies

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virginia, maryland, north caroline, south carolina, georgia

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who was georgia named after

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king george ||

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why did the salzburgers relocate

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ebenezer was too swampy

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what was unique about oglethorpe among the other trustees

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he was the only member who went to ga

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who was brought to georgia from the prisons

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skilled craftsmen

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why did the salzburgers come to ga

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king offered them land because he was part-german

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why were lawyers banned in georgia

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oglethorpe acted as the main lawyer so people defended themself

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whyd the colonists find quickly that silk was going to be hard to produce

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it was too cold/ they grew the wrong type of mulberry tree

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why did ga feel differently about being a royal colony than other british colonies

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georgians felt like they gained rights and other colonies felt like they lost rights

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who was robert jenkins

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a british captain who got his ear cut off for being accused of stealing from the spanish

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what are new england colonies

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new hampsire, massachusetts, rhode island, connecticut

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what were the successful crops grown in ga

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rice, indigo, tobacco

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define a charter

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document that gives land

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who was allowed to participate in the ga general assembly

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white men with 500 acres

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what is a debtors prison

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a prison where only debtors are kept

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why did oglethorope help the worthy poor
his friend died from disease in a debtors prison
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why was ft. king george built
built to protect the south carolina colony from the spanish
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what was the name of the island mary musgrove got to keep
st. catherines
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who granted oglethorpe the land for savannah
tomochichi (yamacraw chief)
29
how long did the royal period in ga last
1752-1776 (24 years)
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who was the only group that paid for their voyage
malcontents
31
why did the british ask oglethorpe to attack the spanish in st. augustine
robert jenkins got his ear cut off
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what laws did the malcontents think were unfair
slavery, alcohol, and land ownership
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how did oglethorpe break the rules of the charter by running the colony
there was supposed to be a middle man/ the king was really supposed to run it
34
what groups were originally banned from settling in ga
catholics, jews, lawyers
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what type of colony was ga after the charter ended
royal colony
36
what are the middle atlantic colonies
new york, new jersey, delaware, pennsylvania
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what hardships did the colonists face upon arriving in ga
had to live in tents, men werent used to farming, women ran the households
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who runs the executive branch
president
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what made mary musgrove unique among most women at this time
she was working for the government and had a job
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why did the trustees have strict rules on the colonists
they werent supposed to get wealthy. they wanted them to become better people
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as a result of the malconents complaints what happened to the charter
it was cut a year short
42
what two colonies did oglethorpe found
savannah and fredrica (st. simons)
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why were the rules strict about the trustees making money from the ga colony
the trustees were doing it strictly for charity
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what was the main crop the king hoped would be produced
silk
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what group re settled
salzburgers
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how did oglethorpe design the city of savannah
put it in a grid
47
where did the jews settle
savannah
48
what does the judicial branch do
interpret laws
49
who were the salzburgers
german speaking protestants from austria
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who was allowed to vote
white men with 50 acres
51
what did the king create to help him run the colony
Royal Govener- (legislature)
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what were the primary issues that the royal governors were trying to solve during the royal period
building up ga military and bad relationships with the native americans
53
what was significant about the battle of bloody marsh
the spanish never attacked the british after this
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what were the three reasons georgia was created
economics, defense, philanthropy
55
what happened to georgias boarder as a result of the battle of bloody marsh
the southern boarder expanded to the st. marys river
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why did the trustees want to start the georgia colony
they wanted to offer the worthy poor a fresh start in life
57
how many years did the charter of 1732 last
20 out of the 21 years it was supposed to be run
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what was the savannah colony built on
yamacraw bluff
59
why were the jewish allowed to stay
they had a doctor
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what are the wrist crops
wine, rice, indigo, tobacco, silk
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why were the highland scots recruited by oglethorpe
they were known as good soldiers
62
where did the salzburgers relocate
new ebenezer
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why did the colonists like the rules of the king better than the trustees
the king removed laws on slavery, alcohol, and land laws. they also could now vote and create laws
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what rules did the colonists have in ga that colonists in other southern colonies didnt have
no liquor, owning slaves, or buying/selling land
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why did the colonists think ga would produce silk
climate + they thought they could grow mulberry trees that the silkworms would eat
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how many members were in the trustees
21
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what did the salzburgers creat/produce
silk, mill, orphanage, school
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what group had the most success in agriculture
salzburgers
69
what was the charter of 1732
the document that created Georgia
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what was the charter of 1732
document signed that created ga
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whats the legislative branch also known as
congress (house/ senate)
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who is known as the father of ga
oglethorpe
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what was the name of the jewish doctor
samuel nunes
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what was located in darien ga
an abandoned fort called ft. king george
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what is a malconent
whiner, unhappy, unsatisfied
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why did oglethorpe design savannah in a grid
its easier to navigate and defend
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what does the legislative branch do
make laws, pass laws

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