TRUSTEE GEORGIA

Unit 2 Lesson 3

STANDARDSS8H2 The student will analyze the colonial period

of Georgia’s history.a. Explain the importance of James Oglethorpe,

the Charter of 1732, reasons for settlement (charity, economics, and defense), Tomochichi, Mary Musgrove, and the city of Savannah.

b. Evaluate the Trustee Period of Georgia’s colonial history, emphasizing the role of the Salzburgers, Highland Scots, malcontents, and the Spanish threat from Florida.

c. Explain the development of Georgia as a royal colony with regard to land ownership, slavery, government, and the impact of the royal governors.

TRUSTEE GEORGIA Trustee period began when King George

II gave permission to establish the colony in 1732

1st 20 years of GA’s colonial history, a group of trustees governed the colony

James Oglethorpe was granted a charter (written permission to begin an English colony)

Georgia was named after King George II

JAMES OGLETHORPE A British soldier and a member of British

Parliament Wanted to give the “worthy poor” a

chance for a better life in America A place where Protestants could practice

their religion

CHARTER OF 1732 April 21st, King George II signed the

charter to establish the colony of GA Established a governing board and

created the trust to run the colony 71 men served as trustees Trustees could not hold office or land in

GA Did not set up any type of local

government; colonists had all of the same rights as British citizens

REASONS FOR SETTLEMENT Creating GA was both charitable and

economic “Non sibi sed aliis” means “Not for self,

but for others” Trustees paid for debtors to go to GA

instead of prison GA could help protect South Carolina

from the Spanish

TOMOCHICHI Chief of the Yamacraw Indians Created peace between the Europeans

and Native Americans in GA In 1734, Tomochichi met the royal family

in England Lead to the creation of a school for his

tribe Received an English military funeral

when he died in 1739

Mary Musgrove Savannah

Served as a peacemaker and translator

Daughter of an English trader and a Creek Indian

Called Coosaponakessa, by Creek Indians

Founded in 1733 Last British colonial

capital in America City designed by

James Oglethorpe (similar to Paris, France)

The Salzburgers The Moravians

A group of Protestants expelled from Salzburg in the early 1730s

Expelled b/c they were not Catholics

Arrived in GA in 1734 and established the town of Ebenezer

Group of Protestants from Bohemia

Came to GA in 1735 Came as missionaries Wanted to unite

Christians and convert non-Christians

Women could preach and hold religious offices

Community was unsuccessful and dissolved

THE MALCONTENTS Captain George Dunbar brought the

Salzburgers to GA Brought a group of Highland Scots In 1736, the Highlanders founded

Darien, a town on GA’s southern border Became known as Malcontents; they

were wealthy; not as loyal to the trustees or Britain

Wanted to purchase land and enslaved people

THE SPANISH IN FLORIDA Spanish settlers were not happy with the new

settlers in GA British built Fort Frederica in GA to protect

the colony GA soldiers made an unsuccessful attack on

Spanish mission of St. Augustine, FL in 1740 2 years later, Spanish attacked Fort Frederica Battle of Bloody Marsh In 1752, the British gov’t didn’t renew

funding for the colony; turned over control to the British crown; GA became a royal colony