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Georgia Statehood
Georgia History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| James Oglethorpe (OG) | The founder of the colony of Georgia Member of British Parliament |
| Native Americans | Usually refers to the original settlers of the North American Continent (Indians) |
| Europeans | People from countries such as England, Spain, France, Portugal, or Germany |
| Barrier Islands | Islands of the coast of Georgia that help protect its coastline and served as the first area settled by the Spanish |
| Exploration | Practiced by Europeans beginning in the 1400's in search of better trade route and other riches |
| Christopher Columbus | Portugal Explorer who, with the financing of the Spanish monarchy, Sailed in search of a quicker route to the East Indies inadvertently "discovered the American continent |
| Hernando de Soto | Spanish Explorer who entered Florida and was the first person to explore the area now known as Georgia |
| Mississippi River | River the runs in the Mississippi River Delta that was a resource for Native Americans and Europeans |
| Charter of 1732 | Written permission given to James Oglethorpe by King George II to start the colony of Georgia |
| Settlement | a place a group of people may make their temporary or permanent home |
| Colonial Period | the time period in North America from 1599-1763 |
| Tomochichi | Yamacraw Indian Chief Credited with helping the New Georgia colony survive |
| Mary Musgrove | (Native American name...Coosaponakessa) child of English sailor and Native American woman credited with smoothing over relations between Native Americans and the early Georgia settlers |
| Coosaponakessa | Native American name of Mary Musgrove |
| Savannah | Georgia coastal city of great importance because of its location near the Savannah river |
| Nobel Jones | Member of British Parliament who was responsible for sending trustees to the Georgia colony |
| Robert Castell | Friend of Oglethorpe who was sent to prison for debt and subsequently died while in prison prompting OG to develop a plan for the Georgia colony |
| John Martin Bolzius | leader of the Salzburgers which was a group that settled in Georgia and was against slavery |
| Trustee | a person trusted by the king and was chosen to govern the colony of Georgia |
| Malcontents | in the latter years of the Georgia colony, this group became dissatisfied with the colony and its leadership |
| Highland Scots | men who were recruited by Oglethorpe to live in the colony of Georgia because of their fighting ability |
| Salzburgers | German protestants who came to the Georgia colony and founded the cities of Ebenezer and New Ebenezer |
| Ebenezer | The town founded by the Salzburgers |
| Moravians | a religious group that settled in Georgia that had different views about religion including allowing women to be religious leaders |
| Czech Republic | where the Protestant Moravians were from |
| Yamacraw | Native American tribe credited with working with James Oglethorpe to help settle the new colony of Georgia |
| Yamacraw Bluff | The site where the New Georgia colonists landed in the are now known as Georgia |
| Fort Frederica | The Fort on the Southeastern edge of Georgia that was a buffer between the English settlers and the Spanish |
| Treaty of Savannah | Established a friendly relationship between the Natives and the Settlers of Georgia |
| Missionary | People who go to other lands to spread their religion |
| Captain George Dunbar | recruited Highland Scots to settle in Georgia |
| Spanish Armada | The Spanish fleet of ships that was said to be "invincible" until it was defeated by the British |
| St. Augustine, FL | The first settlement in the United States, settled by the Spanish |
| Triangular Trade | operating from the late 16th to early 19th centuries, carrying slaves, cash crops, and manufactured goods between three powers: West Africa and the Caribbean, the American colonies, and Europe |
| Spanish Mission | Settlements used by Spanish Priests used to convert Native Americans to Christians |
| Catholicism | Another name for the Catholic religion |
| Charlesfort | established by Jean Ribault, this was a French fort along the southern tip of South Carolina |
| Fort King George | constructed at the mouth of the Altamaha River in 1721 to protect the British claim to the Georgia colony |
| Battle of Bloody Marsh | fought on St. Simons Island, Oglethorpe's soldiers defeated Spanish forces in the only Spanish invasion of Georgia during the War of Jenkins' Ear |
| Christinanity | Believing in Jesus Christ |
| Protestant | A person who believes in Jesus Christ but does not follow the strict Catholic religion |
| Guale | the first Spanish settlement on the coast of the area now known as Georgia |
| Slavery | Imprisoning someone to do physical labor as was done in the early American colonies |
| Indentured Servants | People who financed their voyage to the new world by agreeing to work for the person who paid their way for a set number of years (~4 to 7) |
| Mercantilism | when a person sells more goods than they have to buy |
| Trustee Period | the time period of Georgia history between 1752-1776 |
| Worthy poor | the term used by James Oglethorpe to describe the people he thought would benefit from going to the new colony of Georgia (penal colony) |
| Proprietary colony | When a colony is under the control of the trustees |
| Royal colony | When a colony is under the control of the monarchy |
| John Reynolds | Georgia's first royal governor (1754-1757) was not very successful, people hated his rules and regulations |
| Henry Ellis | Georgia's second royal governor (1757-1760) under which Georgians learned how to govern themselves, and they have been doing so ever since. left because of poor health |
| James Wright | Georgia's the third and last royal governor of Georgia, serving from 1760 to 1782. He was the most popular of the three |
| Lord Halifax | As the head of the British Board of Trade, he removed Reynolds (poor job performance) and sent Ellis in his place as royal Governor |
| land grants | a way of distributing land during the colonial era |
| colonial Georgia | the time period in Georgia between 1732 and 1776 |
| tabby | a material used to make the walls of the houses in colonial Georgia |
| French and Indian War | (aka Seven Years War) French and Indian banded together to fight the British and Colonial troops. The British and Colonials won |
| France | European nation that settled the Great Lakes area, into Canada, and the Alabama/Louisiana area |
| Spain | European nation that was the first to explore and make a settlement in the new world |
| England | European nation that eventually would claim most of the coastal areas of the North American continent |
| Queen Elizabeth I | English queen under which much of the exploration of the New World was done |
| Philip II | Declared war against the French for settling in Florida |
| King George II | issued the Charter of 1732 which gave Oglethrope the permission to start the new colony of Georgia is |
| Santa Catalina | Established off the Georgia coast sometime around 1590, the northernmost base of the Spanish its defeat marked the decrease in Spanish control in American set the stage for British domination of the American colonies |
| Austria | where the Salzburgers were from |
| 1784 | Georgia gave land for a state college |
| Siege | A military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off supplies with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside |
| John Treutlen (Salzburger) | was a leader in Gerogia during the American REvolution and first elected governor |
| Join or Die | Benjamin Fraknin created this cartoon to convince people to support the revolution |
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