How did Georgia end the Spanish threat? (SS8H2b)

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How did Georgia end the Spanish threat? (SS8H2b)

• Fill in appropriate information onto your outline

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Review

• Georgia was established as Englands ______
  colony in America in _____.
• There were 3 reasons (We called them the three
  Ps)
• A number of groups helped keep the colony going.
  They included the _______ who had a doctor, the
  ______________ who established __________,
  Georgias 2nd settlement.

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Review

• Other groups included the _______________________,
  who built the city of Darien. This city was
  established to _________________________________.
• A group of unhappy people, the ________, began
  complaining about certain regulations. The two
  they complained about the most were restrictions
  on ____________ and a ban on __________.

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Preview

• Just as the malcontents were complaining their
  loudest, another problem began affecting Georgia.
  Spain was threatening to invade Georgia. This
  problem put the complaints of the malcontents on
  the back burner.
• Georgia was now facing its biggest military
  crisis.

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Military developments

• In the summer of 1734, Oglethorpe returned to
  England and came back to Georgia with new funding
  for the colony.
• During the trip, he received money to build forts
  along Georgias southern border, the
  __________________ River.

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Military developments

• In 1735, Georgias first fort was built along the
  mouth of the Altamaha, near Darien. It was built
  and manned by the Scottish Highlanders.
• Dec. 1735 Oglethorpe brought 257 new colonists
  from England.
• They established a fort and town on St. Simons
  Island, known as Frederica

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Military developments

• Frederica became a thriving town because of the
  military presence of the British soldiers.
• Fort Frederica grew to house Britains largest
  military base in America.

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War with Spain

• Nov. 1736 Oglethorpe returned to England again
  to plead for more money from Parliament,
  especially for soldiers to help defend the
  colony.
• In early 1737, rumors in London were spreading
  that Spain was planning to send a large military
  force to Cuba to prepare for an invasion of
  Georgia.

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War with Spain

• Oct. 1737 King George II made Oglethorpe a
  colonel and gave him power to form a regiment of
  600 men.
• Spring 1738 Oglethorpe and the regiment made
  their way to Ft. Frederica
• 1740 Oglethorpe attempted to invade St.
  Augustine but was not successful

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War with Spain

• Two years passed without much action.
• June 1742 Spain sent thousands of soldiers to
  Florida. All of Georgias defenders pulled back
  to Ft. Frederica.

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Battle of Bloody Marsh

• July 7, 1742
• Spanish forces got to within a mile of Ft.
  Frederica
• Some Georgia troops opened fire and the Spanish
  retreated. The troops rushed to warn Oglethorpe.
• Oglethorpe assembled a small force and positioned
  them near a marsh south of Ft. Frederica

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Battle of Bloody Marsh

• When the Spanish troops came marching by, the
  Highlanders surprised them and opened fire on
  them.
• So many Spanish soldiers were killed, it was said
  the marsh ran red with blood.
• Oglethorpe heard the gunshots but by the time he
  got to the marsh, the battle was over.

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Battle of Bloody Marsh

• The Spanish tried to take over Ft. Frederica a
  few days later by sea but were turned back.
• The Spanish never threatened Georgia again.
• Oglethorpe was made a general after the battle.