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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

Archaic

Spear and Atlatl

Malcontents - Those unhappy with the colony

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

Developed the use of the Axes and Pottery

First to use farming on wide scale

James Oglethorpe - Founding Father of the colony

3 major period, early, middle, and late.

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

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

Salzburgers - Escaping religious persecution

Paleo

Bow and Arrow

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

Mississippian

Most Nomadic

Highland Scots - Brought to defend the Colony

Woodland

Tomochichi - Creek Indian Chief and friend of Savannah

First to discover the Americas

charitable, the new colony would be home to deserving poor

Mary Musgrove - translator for Tomochichi and Oglethorpe

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