Friday, September 7

Question
The 2 main reasons that the British started new colonies in the 1700's were:

1. A balanced trading policy to make Great Britain self-sufficient (mercantilism)
2. Defensive Buffers to protect colonists from the Spanish, French, and Natives.

How did Oglethorpe and the other prospective trustees of the new Georgia Colony plan to carry out those goals?

• A balanced trading policy to make Great Britain self-sufficient (mercantilism)
• Great Britain could enter trading with native americans who lived between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mississippi River.
• The new colony would produce silk, cotton dyes (indigo), and wine; items Great Britain was having to get from France, Russia, and Spain.
• Spices and semitropical fruit.
• Religeous freedom for protestants who were mistreated by the Catholic Church in Europe.
• More land and Power for Great Britain.
• Defensive Buffers to protect colonists from the Spanish, French, and Natives.
• The colony could defend Southern Carolinas from the Spanish in Florida and the French who were in Louisiana and the Mississippi River valley.

 Agenda

1. Georgia's Charter
• Regulations
• Incentives
• Colonists were promised:
• Colonists promised to:
2. The Voyage on the Ship Ann

Homework

Read Chapter 4 Section 4