1. September 29 Agenda: Warm Up: Review Notes Finish Colony
Answer the following questions in a sentence that restates the question on your warm up sheet.
What year did the trustees give the power of the Georgia colony back to King George II?
How much time in power did the trustees have left according to the original charter?

2. The Trustee Period

3. The Salzburgers
Group of German speaking, protestant refugees from present day Austria seeking religious freedom.
The Salzburgers were being persecuted by the Catholic monarch of their province who issued the Edict of Expulsion (proclamation of eviction) giving them months to leave their native land.
King George II, who was himself a German Protestant, offered the Salzburgers the opportunity to settle in the colony of Georgia.

4. Salzburgers in Georgia
Upon arriving in Georgia, the Salzburgers settled a town they named Ebenezer, meaning “Stone of Help.”
However, this settlement was too far inland and located in an area that was too swampy with poor water.
Many Salzburgers died during their first two years in Georgia

5. The Salzburgers
Eventually, the Salzburgers were given permission to relocate to a better location which they named “New Ebenezer.”
Once they settled in this new town, they became some of the most successful and industrious colonists in Georgia.
first group of Georgians to develop a water powered grist mill
a Sunday school
orphanage.
They were also the only group to have any large scale success with silk production.

6. John Adam Treutlen- become first partiot govenor.
A deeply religious and hard-working community, the Salzburgers enjoyed great success
John Adam Treutlen- become first partiot govenor.

7. Another ethnic group, the Highland Scots, were recruited to come to Georgia.

8. The Highland Scotts
Renowned for their fighting ability the Highland Scots, it was hoped that they would help defend against Spanish invasion.
They settled near the abandoned Fort King George, which they named Darien.
Like the Salzburgers, they valued hard work and religion

9. With the promise of owning their own land, the Highland Scots fought in the Battle of Bloody Marsh and in two failed campaigns to capture St. Augustine, Florida.
Many of the Scottish ancestors played important roles in Georgia’s history.
Today, McIntosh County is named in honor of one of these important families

10. Malcontents
The Malcontents were the colonists who voiced their complaints with the Georgia Colony
Most of them came from other colonies and many paid their own way to the new world
Unlike most colonists, they were not obligated to the Trustees

11. Malcontents’ Complaints
Land limits
No Rum
Ban on slavery

12. Change Occurs
Two Malcontents are credited for encouraging change through written publications
Patrick Talifer wrote A true and Historical Narrative
Thomas Stephens wrote The Hard Case of the Distressed People of Georgia
It wasn’t until 1750 that the Trustees passed a law allowing slavery.

13. Spanish Threat from Florida: War of Jenkins’ Ear
Georgia served as barrier for South Carolina.
Jenkins presented his severed ear to the English Parliament to seek English revenge against Spain and incite war.
Oglethorpe welcomed the war for it gave him a reason to invade Spanish Florida.
Oglethorpe and his men tried to take Spanish forts without success.
Oglethorpe failed to capture St. Augustine, Spain won.
During the next two years, there were numerous attacks and counterattacks between the Spanish and British settlers, with neither side gaining much ground

14. Battle of Bloody Marsh
Spain attacked St. Simmons Island on July 7, 1742 after the English had retreated from the War of Jenkins’ Ear
With the help of their Indian allies, the Spanish were defeated
By 1748, a border was established between English Georgia and Spanish Florida at the St. John’s River.

15. The End of a Dream
Oglethorpe returned to Britain to face charges against him for never securing St. Augustine
He married a heiress and never returned to Georgia.
Without his leadership the Georgia colony began to suffer.

16. Trustees Period Ends
William Stephens, the Trustee’s secretary became president initially
Over the next three years:
No law against rum
Laws against slavery were repealed
Land limitations were removed
In 1752, one year before the charter was set to end, control of Georgia was returned to King George II.

17. Georgia Colony Built new homes 5,500 people settled Religious freedom
Allies with Indians
Removed Spanish threat
Orphanage and a School
Sunday School
Court System was established
Women were allowed to inherit property

18. What do you remember about… the Trustee Period???
Lesson Four (SS8H2b) – The student will evaluate the Trustee Period of Georgia’s colonial history, emphasizing the role of the Salzburgers, Highland Scots, malcontents, and Spanish threat from Florida.
What do you remember about… the Trustee Period???
The Salzbugers, a religious group from German, settled the town of
In order to help with Georgia’s defense, Oglethorpe recruited the.
Oglethorpe was extremely concerned about the military threat from
The Highland Scots established the town of
The angry colonists who complained about Georgia’s rules were the
Oglethorpe permanently ended the Spanish threat from Florida with his victory at the Battle o
Frustrated with the colony, the Trustees gave the colony back to the King in the year
Ebenezer
Highland Scots
Spain
Darien
Malcontent
Bloody Marsh
1752
SS8H2 – The student will analyze the colonial period of Georgia’s history.

19. Videos
Salzburgers Video
Highland Scots Video

20. BINGO!!!