EQ: How do I decide on the rules for a new colony? Write PT: List 3 reasons to settle in a new place where people have never settled before. King George II
- allowed for each to keep its name & boundaries 1707 – England (ENG) & Scotland (SCOT) united to form Great Britain (GR BRIT) Write - allowed for each to keep its name & boundaries - national government called “British” NOT “English” - national legislature of Great Britain (GR BRIT) called Parliament
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James Edward Oglethorpe - Born: 1696 Write - Elected to Parliament – age 25 - learned that debtors (people who can’t pay their bills) were put in prison James Edward Oglethorpe - became leader for prison reform
How could they pay if they were poor? Think In order to receive decent treatment, jailed debtors in England had to pay for room, board, & special privileges. How could they pay if they were poor?
- power of its officials - rights of settlers Write - June 20, 1732 – JO received official Georgia (GA) charter from King George II (KG II) - charter specified - colony’s boundaries - form of government - power of its officials - rights of settlers
Georgia Colony: 3 purposes + 1 Write Georgia Colony: 3 purposes + 1 1. Charity – help relieve poverty & unemployment in Britain (BRIT) - Georgia (GA) seen as home - “worthy poor”
2. Economics – increase Britain’s (BRIT) trade & wealth Write - mercantile system trade policy designed to make a nation as self-sufficient & wealthy as possible - provide needed agricultural products - market for BRIT goods
3. Defense – provide South Carolina (SC) as buffer Write - against Indian attacks - Spanish (SPN) attacks - French (FRA) attacks 4. Religion – not listed BUT… - home for persecuted Protestants - Church of England - Protestant
- GA colony – no official state religion Write - free to worship as pleased - excluded Catholics due to Spanish threat from Florida (FL) to the south - Catholic FL gave freedom to English run-away slaves from SC - converted to Catholic religion & stayed in FL
- Savannah River – north border Georgia’s Boundaries Write - Savannah River – north border - Altamaha River – south border Spanish Florida - west border – Pacific Ocean
Both Spain (SPN) & France (FRN) claimed this same land. Write Reflection: Both Spain (SPN) & France (FRN) claimed this same land. Why couldn’t they do anything about Britain’s claim? No Settlers No Military Position No Claim
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