Colonial Period: Oglethorpe Test Review Part 2

While scouting the new land, Oglethorpe met a group of Yamacraw (Creek) Indians and their elderly chief, ______.

• Tomochichi

• Sequoyah

• Sitting Bull

• Geronimo

Oglethorpe ______ to occur between the Indians and the colonists.

• did not want conflict

• encouraged trade

• sought alliances

• promoted peace

Oglethorpe wanted to ______ with Tomochichi to ensure the success of the new settlement.

• maintain peace

• start a conflict

• ignore

• compete

Fortunately for Oglethorpe, a part-Indian woman named ______ offered to translate.

• Mary Musgrove

• Pocahontas

• Sacagawea

• Matoaka

Mary Musgrove served as ______ for Oglethorpe from 1733 to 1743 and helped him work peacefully with the Creek Indians.

• interpreter

• advisor

• secretary

• diplomat

Musgrove's contributions were critical to the ______ and the colony of Georgia.

• founding of Savannah

• development of agriculture

• establishment of trade routes

• expansion of the railway system

The negotiations between Oglethorpe and Tomochichi ______.

• were successful

• were inconclusive

• led to a conflict

• were postponed

Over time, the two men became ______ to establish peaceful relationships with other American Indian tribes as well.

• close friends

• distant enemies

• indifferent strangers

• rival competitors

In February 1733, Oglethorpe and the colonists cleared the land beside the river for the new ______.

• city of Savannah

• city of Charleston

• city of Augusta

• city of Atlanta

The trustees hoped that Savannah would be a “______.”

• classless society

• utopian community

• economic powerhouse

• cultural hub