The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia by a joint stock company Very strict. Max land ownership, no slavery, alcohol, or Catholics. By 1740's Georgians wanted normal english liberties so these restrictions went away. A business, often backed by a government charter, that sold shares to individuals to raise money for its trading enterprises and to spread the risks (and profits) among many investors. Colonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops

Navigation Acts Spanish colonization British colonization James Oglethorpe

A dissenter who clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he founded the colony of Rhode Island to the south Got the royal charter for Georgia because he wanted to establish a colony for the "worthy poor" (the people in debtors prisions). England also wanted protection from Spanish Florida. Theologian and philosopher who objected to predestination and helped cause the first great awakening by preaching to large crowds Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years

Indentured Servants Puritan culture First great awakening Massachusetts Bay Colony

Colony settled by the Pilgrims. It eventually merged with Massachusetts Bay colony. Colonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops System that took slaves to the New World to work for the Spanish. Required that a tax be paid to the Spanish ruler for each slave brought over. Got the royal charter for Georgia because he wanted to establish a colony for the "worthy poor" (the people in debtors prisions). England also wanted protection from Spanish Florida.