KSU
GA
History
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Georgia
History:
Overview
-
ANS-Georgia
was
the
last
of
the
thirteen
colonies
to
be
founded.
Its
formation
came
a
half
century
after
the
twelfth
British
colony .Georgia
was
the
only
colony
founded
and
ruled
by
a
Board
of
Trustees,
which
was
based
in
London.
Mississippian
Period:
Overview
-
ANS-(A.D.
800-1600),
complex
native
cultures,
organized
as
chiefdoms,
emerged
and
developed
lifeways
in
response
to
the
particular
features
of
their
physical
surroundings.
Chiefdoms
-
ANS-a
specific
kind
of
human
social
organization
with
social
ranking
as
a
fundamental
part
of
their
structure.
In
ranked
societies
people
belonged
to
one
of
two
groupings,
elites
or
commoners.
Difference
between
elites
and
commoners
in
chiefdoms
-
ANS-rested
more
on
ideological
and
religious
beliefs
than
on
such
things
as
wealth
or
military
power .
Purpose
of
mounds
in
Mississippian
culture
-
ANS-capitals
of
chiefdoms,
platforms
for
buildings,
as
stages
for
religious
and
social
activities,
and
as
cemeteries.
Hernando
de
Soto
-
ANS-The
first
European
to
explore
the
interior
of
what
is
now
the
state
of
Georgia
discovered
the
true
way
the
Indians
lived,
but
devastated
their
societies
with
the
plague
and
small
pox
Spanish
Missions
-
ANS-the
primary
means
by
which
Georgia's
chiefdoms
were
assimilated
into
the
Spanish
colonial
system
five
friars
were
murdered
in
the
Guale
rebellion
of
1597,
northern
missions
were
abandoned
completely
until
1604.
James
Oglethorpe
(1696-1785)
-
ANS-Conceived
of
and
implemented
his
plan
to
establish
the
colony
of
Georgia.
Yamacraw
Indians
-
ANS-a
small
band
that
existed
from
the
late
1720s
to
the
mid-1740s
in
the
Savannah
area.
First
led
by
Tomochichi
and
then
by
his
nephew
and
heir
Toonahowi,
they
consisted
of
about
200
people
and
contained
a
mix
of
Lower
Creeks
and
Yamasees. Malcontents
-
ANS-Among
those
to
voice
displeasure
with
the
policies
of
General
James
Oglethorpe
and
the
Georgia
Trustees
during
the
early
years
of
Georgia's
settlement.
Lead
by:
Patrick
Tailfer
Thomas
Stephens.
Tomochichi
-
ANS-chief
of
the
Yamacraw
Indians,
principal
mediator
between
the
native
population
and
the
new
English
settlers
during
the
first
years
of
settlement
Royal
Georgia
-
ANS-The
period
between
the
termination
of
Trustee
governance
of
Georgia
and
the
colony's
declaration
of
independence
at
the
beginning
of
the
American
Revolution
Battle
of
Bloody
Marsh
-
ANS-This
event
was
the
only
Spanish
attempt
to
invade
Georgia
during
the
War
of
Jenkins'
Ear,
and
it
resulted
in
a
significant
ENGLISH
VICT ORY.
English
and
Spanish
forces
skirmished
on
St.
Simons
Island
James
Wright
-
ANS-The
third
and
LAST
royal
governor
of
Georgia.
Played
a
key
role
in
retarding
the
flame
of
revolution
in
Georgia
long
after
it
had
flared
violently
in
every
other
colony .
Salzburgers
-
ANS-a
group
of
German-speaking
Protestant
colonists,
founded
the
town
of
Ebenezer
in
what
is
now
Effingham
County .
Rice
-
ANS-Georgia's
first
staple
crop,
the
most
important
commercial
agricultural
commodity
in
the
Lowcountry
from
the
middle
of
the
eighteenth
century
until
the
early
twentieth
century .
Mary
Musgrove
(ca.
1700-ca.
1763)
-
ANS-Known
as
Coosaponakeesa
among
the
Creek
Indians,
served
as
a
cultural
liaison
between
colonial
Georgia
and
her
Native
American
community
in
the
mid-eighteenth
century .
Revolutionary
War
in
Georgia
-
ANS-The
colony
had
prospered
under
royal
rule,
and
many
Georgians
thought
that
they
needed
the
protection
of
British
troops
against
a
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