OglethorpeOglethorpe Using your reading guide, Write five facts of four or more words
Answers to Reading Guide
Why Colony Was Created p.115 Created more land for Great Britain A way to solve the “debtor problem.” Provide “unfortunate but worthy individuals” with a fresh start Help England’s policy of mercantilism Create a defensive buffer to protect other British colonies against French, Spanish and Native Americans Provide persecuted Protestants with a place for religious freedom Produce silk, cotton dyes, wine and fruit to England
Who Couldn’t Go? p.116 Catholics Blacks Liquor dealers Lawyers (Actual debtors or former prisoners)
Who Could Go? White Protestants seeking religious freedom Laborers
Each Colonist Received p acres of land* Tools Enough food for a year *Those who could pay their own way received 500 acres and permission to take 10 indentured servants.
Rules for the Colonists p Defend colony against her enemies 2.Land couldn’t be sold 3.Use seeds and tools to cultivate land 4.Grow mulberry trees to cultivate silk worms 5.Obey all rules established by trustees
The Ship and Voyage p people left on November 17, 1732 with an array of hogs, sheep, ducks, geese, and dogs. Food consisted of salted pork, peas, dried beef, sweet pudding, bread, fruit, fish & cider. Ship arrived on January 14, 1733.
What Happened Upon Arrival p. 118 Oglethorpe befriended Tomochichi via a translator, Mary Musgrove. He gained permission to allow passengers to settle. South Carolina settlers sent rice, cows, hogs, sheep, oxen and $.