CIA #2 (Exploration, GA Colony, Revolution)

Why did the Spanish explore the southeastern region of North America during the 1500s?

• to trade with American Indians who were living in that region

• to stop the English from settling in the area

• to spread Christianity, find gold, and gain personal fame (glory).

• to establish colonies for religious freedoms.

Why did France, the French, want to explore the New World?

• So they could trade fur

• To convince the Mississippians to be Christians

• To find Gold

• To learn how to speak English

Which of the following was NOT a reason the Georgia Colony was founded?

• Philanthropy

• economics

• defense

• glory

Why did the Mississippian culture decline after contact with Europeans?

• The Mississippians joined European society.

• European diseases killed many Mississippians.

• The Mississippians isolated themselves from others.

Which of the following best describes Tomochichi?

• A Native American whom Oglethorpe enslaved and took to England as a prisoner.
• He was the husband of Mary Musgrove.
• He was a Native American chief who befriended Oglethorpe and allowed him to settle Savannah in peace.
• He was a Native American chief who helped James Wright acquire land.

Match the following groups to their correct information

• Salzburgers

• Portuguese settlers who were originally banned from the colony. They were allowed to stay because their doctor cured colonists of Yellow Fever.

• Malcontents

• A group of settlers who founded Darien at Fort King George. They helped to defend the colony from the Spanish to the south. They were well known as good soldiers.

• Jewish Settlers

• A group of Austrian settlers that founded Ebenezer and New Ebenezer. They were known for being hard-working and being successful in the silk industry

• Highland Scots

• A group of settlers who paid their own way to the colony and complained about the Trustees' laws about land ownership and slavery

What period did the rules change... Slavery was allowed, alcohol was allowed, buying/ selling of land was allowed, and women were allowed to own land?

• Trustee

• Royal Colony

How did philanthropy motivate Georgia Trustees to establish the Georgia Colony?

• The British hoped to give poor and indebted British people a new start in the New World by giving them 50 acres of land.

• The trustees wanted to grow enough food in the Georgia Colony to feed the poor in Britain.

• The trustees planned to convert American Indians to Christianity, which the British considered charitable.

• The trustees wanted escaped slaves from other colonies to settle there, but colonists treated them poorly.

Which statement BEST describes Mary Musgrove?

• She was married to John Musgrove and owned a trading post

• She lived on the Savannah River.

• She was a fur trader

• She was part Creek and part English and could speak both languages. She was a translator for James Oglethorpe and Tomochichi. Her and her husband owned a trading post.

Match the crop to the proper description

• Grown on to create dye for textiles

• Rice

• Grown to support the textile industry

• Grapes

• Grown in freshwater inland swamps

• Mulberry Trees

• Grown to support the wine industry

• Indigo