CLASS 10
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150 of them came to Georgia to build and defend a fort a Darien and were opposed to slavery.
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Followers of Martin Luther a Roman Catholic priest who disagreed with the Catholic church. Many of Georgia’s early settlers were protestant.
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42 Jewish immigrants from Europe arrived in Savannah in 1733. These Jews were originally from Spain but had migrated to England before wealthy Jews sent them to Georgia. They are credited with helping the original settlers survive a Yellow fever outbreak in the summer of 1733.
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A group of German speaking Protestants who settled near Savannah. They fled Austria after being persecuted by Catholics there.
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Detailed explanation-1: -7) Why were the Highland Scots MOST valued when they arrived in Georgia in 1736? Their military skill helped to defend the colony of Georgia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Oglethorpe gave them land on the coast of Georgia, rather than inland. Why did he do this? He knew that they were good fighters – they had this reputation in Europe. He needed a defense from the Spanish on the coast of Georgia below Savannah.
Detailed explanation-3: -The most important reason for Georgia’s founding was defense, primarily against the Spanish in Florida. In the 1730’s, South Carolina was a profitable British colony that was threatened by Spanish military outposts in Florida. The Georgia colony’s role was to serve as a military “buffer” between the two.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Highland Scots were soldiers who colonized Georgia by creating the town of Darien and helped defend the colony from the Spanish during the Battle of Bloody Marsh.