History Standard:

History Standard:b. Evaluate the impact of European contact on Native American cultures; include Spanish missions along the barrier islands, and the explorations of Hernando DeSoto.

c. Explain reasons for European exploration and settlement of North America, with emphasis on the interests of the French, Spanish, and British in the southeastern area.

Why did Europeans want to explore and colonize America?

To spread Christianity…


To obtain religious freedom…


To alleviate overcrowding (need for new land)…


To find gold and other resources…

European Impacts on Native Americans?

Disease…

European Impacts on Native Americans?

murder and enslavement…

European Impacts on Native Americans –

Forced to convert to Christianity…

Hernando de Soto

First explorer to enter present-day Georgia. - Herrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-nando de Soto

History Standard: SS8H2 The student will analyze the colonial period of

Georgia’s history.

a. Explain the importance of James Oglethorpe, the Charter of 1732, reasons for settlement (charity, economics, and defense), Tomochichi, Mary Musgrove, and the city of Savannah.

b. Evaluate the Trustee Period of Georgia’s colonial history, emphasizing the role of the Salzburgers, Highland Scots, malcontents, and the Spanish threat from Florida.

c. Explain the development of Georgia as a royal colony with regard to land ownership, slavery, government, and the impact of the royal governors.

James Oglethorpe

King George II and the Charter of 1732

King George II

Original 21 Trustees of the new Georgia colony

Georgia’s on DEC: Defense – Economics - Charity

Tomochichi and Mary Musgrove

City of Savannah

Trustee Period: Salzburgers, Highland Scots, and Malcontents

Trustee Period: Spanish threat from Florida

The Battle of Bloody Marsh

Royal Period: John Reynolds, Henry Ellis & James Wright

JR came first… HE came second…

And James Wright got it “right”.

Documents

History Standard: