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1. Four Prehistoric Groups
2. Woodland
3. Paleo
4. Archaic
5. Impact of the Spanish
6. Reasons for the Establishment of Georgia
7. First Colonist
8. Key Historical Figures contributing to the Establishment of Georgia

Malcontents - Those unhappy with the colony

Spear and Atlatl

Most Nomadic

Mississippian

The Spanish established missions along the Georgia barrier islands and coast to convert the Indians to Christianity.

Highland Scots - Brought to defend the Colony

Mary Musgrove - translator for Tomochichi and Oglethorpe

economic, the new colony would grow plants England was then buying from other countries

Paleo

First to discover the Americas

James Oglethorpe - Founding Father of the colony

Salzburgers - Escaping religious persecution

De Soto was the first to explore Georgia and the South East

First to use farming on wide scale

military defense, the new colony would be a buffer between South Carolina and Spanish Florida

charitable, the new colony would be home to deserving poor

Bow and Arrow

Archaic

Tomochichi - Creek Indian Chief and friend of Savannah

3 major period, early, middle, and late.

The primary crops grown were corn, squash, and beans.

Woodland

Developed the use of the Axes and Pottery