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Colonial Georgia

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  • 1. Multiple Choice
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    1.  One of the reasons given for the colonization of Georgia was to serve as a buffer colony. This meant that Georgia was:
    a.  a colony for settlement by the poor
    a.  an outpost for pirates attacking Spanish galleons
    a military protective zone between English and Spanish settlements
    a.  an agricultural station experimenting with new strains of cotton plant
  • 2. Multiple Choice
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    According to the charter, what religious group was NOT allowed to settle in Georgia?
    Baptist
    Catholic
    Muslims
    Methodist
  • 3. Multiple Choice
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    Why did James Oglethorpe suggest forming a colony for the poor?
    England wanted to get rid of debtors permanently
    homeless would readily come to the New World
    Oglethorpe had a friend who died in debtor’s prison
    the poor were mostly well educated people who had fallen on hard times
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