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