AMIND 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Consumerism, Founding Fathers Of The United States, James Oglethorpe
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Amind140 lecture 6 the birth of a nation. 1732 british expansion into georgia occurred after cleared settlements from the coastal region of present-day new england to carolinas. Georgia technically part of spanish occupation called guale . Settlers squatted on indigenous lands, predominantly cherokee nation. Rangers at forefront of ethnic cleansing to clear region for british settlement. English and spanish agents attempted to persuade cherokee nation to fight on their sides if war erupted. In summer 1739, king george ii orders general james oglethorpe, leader of the. English georgia settlement, to annoy the subjects of spain in the best manner possible . In fall of 1739 england officially declared war on britain (called war of jenkins) and. Oglethorpe won minimal commitment from some cherokee villages. By winter of 1739 english invasion crept deeper into spanish-claimed territory. During invasion of georgia, rangers looted, burned, and scalp hunted spanish territory, spanish-allied indigenous people, and runaway slaves.
