Darien was a town made by the Highland Scots. The Highland Scots were warriors recruited by James Edward Oglethorpe to help defend the Georgia trustee colony from a Spanish invasion. The town was established on the northern part of the Altamaha River. Darien was named after an unsuccessful colony on the Isle of Panama. The Highland Scots built a fort in Darien. The fort they built replaced the forgotten Fort King George. After the Revolutionary War, Darien became a very important port because of its location on the northern part of the Altamaha River. Darien cultivated cotton and rice. The Bank of Darien became a very important trading place in the South mostly because of Darien’s cotton.

Which present-day city was New Ebenezer located in?

Where was Darien located?

New Ebenezer was a town made by the Salzburgers. New Ebenezer replaced Ebenezer because Ebenezer was in an area that was way too marsh for the marshy for the Salzburgers’ liking. The Salzburgers told this to James Edward Oglethorpe, and James Edward Oglethorpe gave them new land. The Salzburgers made this new land into New Ebenezer which was located in present-day Rincon, Georgia. Rincon is located on the bluffs above the Savannah River. New Ebenezer is where the Salzburgers lived because they spoke a different language than the other colonists in Georgia. No one else lived in New Ebenezer.