Mississippian American Indians - The last major prehistoric American Indians in Georgia. Known for large scale farmers and mound builders, Chiefdoms - A hierarchical society which was compromised by a small number of elites and a working class. , Horticulture - The reason the Mississippian American Indians were able to settle in one area, Okefenokee Swamp - The largest swamp in North America; home to many American Indians., Spanish - This group's interest in North America was for Gold, God, and Glory., English - This countries interest in North America was to promote mercantilism , Mercantilism - The English economic policy focused on exporting more than importing., Missions - Churches set up by the Spanish in hopes of converting American Indians to Christianity. , Hernando de Soto - Spanish explorer looking for gold and glory. Introduced pigs and new diseases to American Indians., The Royal Period - Began in 1752 after the trustees gave authority of the colony to the king, Savannah - The first capital of Georgia; founded in 1733 by James Oglethorpe., Banned in the trustee period - Liquor, Lawyers, and Catholics , Economics - The English hoped Georgia would be able to produce wine, rice, silk, and indigo., Philanthropy - James Oglethorpe wanted to create a colony for debtors., Charter of 1732 - Outlines the reasons for Georgia's founding and the regulations of the trustees., Tomochichi - Yamacraw chief that allowed Oglethorpe to at Yamacraw Bluff. , Mary Musgrove - Translator for Tomochichi and James Oglethorpe, Jews - Permitted to the colony due to the need of a doctor, Salzburgers - Hard working, developed water power grist mill, Sunday School, orphanages, and against slavery, The Highland Scots - Believed in anti- slavery and was brought to GA for defense , Malcontents - Dissenters of the Charter of 1732 and believed in slavery, Buffer Colony - Defensive buffer between Florida and South Carolina, John Reynolds - Georgia's first royal governor. He wasn't liked by the colonists., Henry Ellis - Created eight parishes and managed trade agreements between the Creek's and local traders., James Wright - Plantation owner that enforced the Stamp act prior to the Revolutionary War, WRIST - The goods and services produced and traded during Colonial GA.,

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