Highland Scots - brought to help defend the colony
Savannah would be the first city in Georgia
Mary Musgrove was a translator for Oglethorpe and Tomochichi
Patriots - wanted to part ways from the British
Proclamation of 1763 - forbade moving east of the
Declaration of Independence
King George granted James and the Board of Trustees permission to found the colony of Georgia
The Charter of 1732 established Georgia
John Reynolds - First Governor of Georgia
Austin Dabney - Slave who fought during the revolution and was honored for bravery
Elijah Clarke - lead Georgia militia in successful attacks on the British
James Wright - helped the colony grow faster than any other English Colony
James Oglethorpe was the founder of Georgia with the goal of helping the debtors in prison and poor.
Stamp Act - tax on paper
Nancy Hart - Colonial Spy who captured a British Patrol
Henry Ellis - second governor and helped the colonist learn how to govern themselves
Loyalist - wanted to keep united with Britain
Intolerable Acts - 4 punishments for the Boston Tea Party
Malcontents - Group that wanted to own slave, have rum, and land rights.
Tomochichi helped support the first colonist of Georgia
Salzburgers - Escaping religious persecution built New Ebeneezer