1. English Settlements in the New World

2. What were the reasons for Georgia’s settlement?
Who contributed to the establishment of the Georgia colony?
Who were the malcontents and what affect did they have on the Georgia colony?
Which countries posed a threat to the Georgia colony?

3. The English established colonies on North America’s Atlantic coast throughout the 1600s. The goals of the colonists varied, from religious mission, gaining wealth to bettering their lives.

4. Great Britain wanted raw materials from the New World’s colonies, which it would manufacture into finished goods and sell to other countries. This was mercantilism.

5. Mercantilism
America was discouraged from producing manufactured goods.
British gov’t imposed very strict controls on colonial economy.
America’s trade with other countries was restricted.
America was encouraged to buy British goods.

6. By 1686, as the English colonies reached as far south as South Carolina, the Spanish retreated from Guale to St. Augustine, Florida. Great Britain wanted a “buffer” colony to protect the English colonists from Spanish Florida.

7. The English Influence in the Georgia Colony
The French began colonizing the Gulf coast and parts of Alabama. England began worrying about the French and Spanish threats to its colonial claims.