EUROPEAN EXPLORATION OF THE AMERICAS

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EUROPEAN EXPLORATION OF THE AMERICAS
NATIONAL COMPETITION
Death of Indians
European Colonies in the Americas
SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY
EFFECTS
CAUSES
Loss of Spanish World Dominance
DESIRE FOR WEALTH
DESIRE FOR LAND
Economic Gain
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Why did England need another colony?
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Spanish and Indians attacked Carolina
colony. England had a monopoly on
weapons. Unfair treatment of Indians by English
traders.
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CHAPTER SIXJAMES EDWARD OGLETHORPE
A MAN ON A MISSION
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BORN 1696SURREY COUNTY, ENGLANDHE WAS
THE LAST OF 10 OGLETHORPE CHILDREN.
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ELECTED TO PARLIAMENT AT AGE 25BECAME A



LEADER FOR PRISON REFORM
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CONDITIONS IN ENGLAND WERE DREADFULDEBTORS
WERE JAILEDSTREETS WERE OVERCROWDED
WITH THE HOMELESS
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OGLETHORPE DETERMINED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
HAD A BRILLIANT IDEA!HE MET WITH JOHN PERCIVAL,
A SENIOR MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.
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TOGETHER THEY WOULD ASK KING GEORGE II TO GRANT
THEM A CHARTER OF LAND
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TO HONOR THE KINGS GENEROSITY, OGLETHORPE NAMED
THE COLONY
GEORGIA
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European Exploration of the Americas
CAUSES
EFFECTS