Social Studies Project

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Across
  1. 2. group of French Protestants who were seeking freedom from the Catholic church
  2. 3. group of peaceful, hard-working German-speaking Protestant refugees from what is present-day Austria
  3. 4. river that forms the modern boundary between Georgia and Florida; established by Henry Ellis
  4. 6. half-Indian translator for Oglethorpe and Tomochichi
  5. 8. martial group brought over to help fight the Spanish
  6. 11. greed-upon border between Spanish Florida and English Georgia in 1748
  7. 14. Georgia's third and final governor with two terms in this position of office
  8. 15. the one type of immigrants allowed into Georgia by Oglethorpe
  9. 17. year that the charter for the colony of Georgia was made
  10. 18. founder of Savannah and served as unofficial leader
  11. 20. individual person or member of a group who is given control of administration over property
  12. 21. a battle that eliminated the threat of the Spanish to Georgia and South Carolina
  13. 22. the year that the Trustees lifted restrictions on land ownership and legalized slavery
  14. 25. colonial individuals who disagreed with the rules established by Oglethorpe and the Trustees
  15. 26. God, glory, gold
  16. 27. land given to the Highland Scots near the abandoned Fort King George, which they renamed
Down
  1. 1. Spanish word for "one who conquers"
  2. 4. year Georgia was established as a colony
  3. 5. first British royal colony
  4. 7. chief of the Yamacraw Indians
  5. 9. second royal governor of Georgia
  6. 10. Spanish conquistador who was the first European explorer in Georgia
  7. 12. site upon which Tomochichi allowed Oglethorpe to settle
  8. 13. King who signed the charter of 1732
  9. 16. the number of acres given to the early colonists in Georgia
  10. 18. first royal governor appointed by King George II in 1754
  11. 19. belief in the benefits of profitable trading
  12. 22. one of the outlawed things in early colonial Georgia; it dealt with the use of other people to work
  13. 23. the amount of acres allowed by the trustees to the people who payed their way to Georgia
  14. 24. first city in Georgia