Unit 2 Lesson 3

SS8H2 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 period began when King George II gave permission to establish the colony in 1732  1 st 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

 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

 April 21 st, 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

 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

 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 MusgroveSavannah  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 SalzburgersThe 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

 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

 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