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20 Cards in this Set
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Which reason was not offered by Oglethorpe to settle the thirteenth English colony?
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Shorter trade route to West Indies
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Which country was not a major colonizer of the New World?
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Italy
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Which Spanish explorer traveled through Georgia searching for gold?
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Hernando de Soto
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Which group of Indians lived in the area where Oglethorpe led his Georgia colonists?
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The Yamacraws
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The first city established by Europeans in the New World was
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St. Augustine.
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As a member of Parliament’s House of Commons, Oglethorpe was active in bringing about reforms in England’s
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prison system.
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King George II granted Oglethorpe and his group a charter for the thirteenth colony in
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1732
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Which was not a likely cause of disease and fatalities in Georgia’s initial year?
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Indian epidemics
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Ebenezer and New Ebenezer were early Georgia towns established by the
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German Salzburgers.
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Which was not a major source of discontent with Georgia’s early colonists?
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A ban on Catholicism
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Which was not a major accomplishment of Georgia’s first twenty years?
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The colony was the first haven for debtors imprisoned for debts.
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Georgia’s initial trustees could not
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expand west of the Savannah and Altamaha rivers.
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Why was South Carolina so pleased to have Georgia become Great Britain’s thirteenth colony?
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Georgia provided a buffer between South Carolina and the Spanish.
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Great Britain’s policy of governing its colonies to build up its own gold supplies and to expand its own trade was known as
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mercantilism.
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Which was not a primary motive for European explorations in the New World?
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Learning new agricultural methods and techniques
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Which statement does not describe gains that European nations made from their settlements in the New World?
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They were able to establish new treaties and alliances among established world powers.
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where did de Soto begin his voyage?
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Near Tampa, Florida
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where did de Soto enter the Mississippi River for the first time?
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Near Memphis, Tennessee
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What is the correct chronological order for the places de Soto visited on his travels?
1. Alabama 2. Tampa 3. Tennessee 4. Memphis |
2-3-1-4
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Which statement best describes Georgia’s first government as a royal colony?
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The government had a bicameral legislature representing Georgia’s eight parishes
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