8.1 Chapter 9 -Georgia in the Trustee Period

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In the early 1700s, Great Britain had how many colonies in North America, all located along the East Coast between the Atlantic Ocean and the Appalachian Mountains?

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Twelve

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The youngest colony, established in 1681, was _________. Options: Pennsylvania, Georgia, Maryland, Delaware

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Pennsylvania

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To whom was Pennsylvania given as a gift by King Charles II?

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William Penn

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Penn founded the colony as a refuge for members of his Christian religious group - the Society of Friends, also known as the ________.

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Quakers

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In the 1660s, King Charles had given a large grant for a colony south of Virginia to eight of his supporters. These proprietors (owners) had thanked the king by naming the colony Carolina, which comes from the Latin word for ________.

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Charles

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In 1729, the proprietors gave up control of the two colonies, and they became ________ colonies under the control of the king.

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royal

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By the late 1720s, no one had settled the part of South Carolina south of the Savannah River, which was the dividing line between the ________ and the Indian nations.

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Carolinas

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James Oglethorpe and his associates were not the first Englishmen who had the idea to settle there, but they were the first to actually turn their vision into ________.

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reality

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When Oglethorpe and his fellow philanthropists asked King George II for a land grant, they presented three basic reasons for founding the colony. First, it would be a ________ effort that would take deserving poor people from England, and other Europeans who were persecuted for being Protestants living in Catholic areas, and give them a new start in the colony.

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charitable

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No ________ lived south of the Savannah River because they did not want to anger the Spanish living in Florida, who also claimed some of the land.

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British