Exploration & Colonization of Georgia

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What is the document that outlined the reasons for GA's settlement?

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The Charter of 1732

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Who is Tomochichi?

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The Chief of the Yamacraw Indians who allowed Oglethorpe to settle on Yamacraw Bluff.

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The idea to help relieve poverty and unemployment; one of the reasons the colony of Georgia was founded

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Philanthropy

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A group of people that argued that they were not financially obliged to Oglethorpe and the Trustees; complained that the limitations on land ownership and the ban on slavery limited economic opportunities

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Malcontents

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Buffer Colony

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A colony strategically located to provide defense for another colony (Georgia defended the colonies from Spanish attack)

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To increase trade and wealth through mercantilism; one reason the colony of Georgia was founded.

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Economics

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defense

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The act of defending someone or something; one of the reasons the colony of GA was founded. (To defend the Carolinas from Spanish attack)

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Who was one of the Trustees that founded GA; credited as "founder" and "first governor"; also known as "The Father of Georgia"?

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James Oglethorpe

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Savannah

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The first permanent settlement of GA's colony

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Who was Mary Musgrove?

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Creek Indian; translator for James Oglethorpe and Tomochichi.