Building a New Home

1. What did colonists do when they first arrived? Colonists put up tents Prepared the land for planting Cut down trees to build permanent

homes

2. Four Things that Oglethorpe Accomplished Accomplishments

Got grants of land Made treaties with Native Americans Built a small fort Designed the city of Savannah

Authority No title Limited power

3. How was Savannah designed?

Named after the nearby Savannah River Trees had to be cleared for farmland and

living space The settlement would be laid out in a series

of squares, making a grid pattern Each “public” square was the center of a

neighborhood 21 of the 24 squares remain today

Savannah’s Grid System Layout

Oglethorpe Square

4. What Were Some of Accomplishments of the First Colonists?

Cultivated Mulberry trees Built sundial Built gristmill, courthouse, water well,

and bakery

5. How Many Colonists Died in the First Year? 40 colonists died

6./7. Who Were The First Immigrants? What Was Their Impact?

Immigrants from almost every European country Dr. Samuel Nunis- 42 Jews ‘34 Salzburgers – John Martin Bolzius – Ebenezer, GA -

antislavery ’36 Salzburgers, Moravians, - John & Charles Wesley –

Frederica on St Simons Island ’36 Scottish Highlanders – Darien – defense & antislavery

8./9. Who did Oglethorpe take with him back to England?

Oglethorpe brought Chief Tomochichi and small group of Creek Indians

Asked the British Parliament to increase the colony’s funding

Brought back 300 new colonists Salzburgers and Scottish Highlanders

10. Where Did They Settle and Why? The Salzburgers settled on St. Simon’s

Island Strengthened the frontier’s borders Spoke German and were not accepted

by the English speaking colonists

11. Malcontents Biggest Objections

Land could only be passed down to male children (no women could own property nor could you purchase more)

Slavery was not allowed Colonists were not allowed to drink rum Colonists were not allowed to choose what

crops they could grow

12. How did the Darien settlers feel about slavery? The Salzburgers and Highland Scotts

opposed slavery because they thought it would bring about laziness among the colonists.

13. What was Georgia’s role in the “War of Jenkin’s Ear”?

Parliament agrees to pay for military forts along Georgia’s southern border

150 Scottish Highlanders were sent from England to build Georgia’s second fort.

War of Jenkins Ear 1740- Oglethorpe attacks Florida

Fort Frederica on St Simons Island - 1736

14./15./16. Was Oglethorpe an Effective Commander?

Oglethorpe attacks St. Augustine, but is forced to retreat (Spanish Victory)

Oglethorpe and his outnumbered army surprised the Spanish at the Battle of Bloody Marsh on St. Simon’s Island (Colonial Victory)

17. What Happened to Oglethorpe? 1743 Oglethorpe is called back to

England to defend himself. Spent $100,000 pounds of his own money

defending himself Never returns to Georgia

He married at age 48 and slowly gave up his Trustee duties

18. Three Things That Marked the End of the Trustee Era Oglethorpe does not return to Georgia Parliament stops funding the Trustees The Trustees return control to King

George II

19. Three Accomplishments of the Trustees 5,500 colonists lived in Georgia Religious freedom Georgia proved to be able to defend her

borders against Spain & be at peace with Native Americans.

Built homes and developed a court system

20. What Does Sibi Sed Allis mean? Non Sibi Sed Allis – Not for themselves but

for others It was originally the motto of the Trustees and

eventually became the state motto

Ticket Out The Door 3 – List 3 things that made the colonists

malcontent.

2 – List 2 things that marked the end of the Trustee period in Georgia.

1 – List one group that came over after the original colonists and why.