1. Warm-Up Question
What is the difference between a proprietary colony and a royal colony?

2. Georgia’s Royal Governors

3. Review Oglethorpe failed to capture Spanish held St. Augustine
Stayed in Britain
William Stephens was named president of the colony
The colonists were discontent

4. Review Continued Reasons for colonists discontent
Colonists wanted more land and slavery
By 1750, both were allowed
1751 President Stephens replaced by Henry Parker
Only served a year
Patrick Graham replaced President Parker

5. Review Continued 1752 the trustees return Georgia to King George II
During the twenty years of the charter 5,500 settled in Georgia
Treaties with the American Indians and the elimination of the threat of Spanish invasion made Georgia a safe haven

6. Governor John Reynolds
Arrived October 1, 1754
Navy Captain
Wanted the colonists to help run the government
A bicameral legislature was set up to represent eight parishes
Lower House of Legislature
Commons House of Assembly
Had to own 500+ acres of land
Upper House of Legislature
Governor’s Council
Appointed by the King

7. Governor Reynolds
Eventually, the governor’s Council and Reynolds disagreed on military budget
Reynolds sent legislators home
Reynolds tried to govern by himself
Angry colonists wrote to the King
Reynolds recommended moving Savannah to the Ogeechee River
Limited support vanished

8. Governor Henry Ellis Began in February 1757 Naturalist and scientist
Asked the South Carolina governor for advice
Depended on well-known and wealthy to lead the colony

9. Governor Ellis
New colonists came to Georgia from South Carolina and the West Indies
Many brought slaves with them
Granted large amounts of land
Population up to 10,000
3,600 slaves
Economic gains
Profitable farms
More merchants
Economic Result
Colonists could buy cloth, sugar, farming tools, and seed for planting
1759 asked to return to Great Britain

10. Governor James Wright
Born in Charleston, but educated in Great Britain
Arrived in October 1760
Attorney general of South Carolina
Loyal to King
Wanted the colonies to flourish

11. Governor Wright Agreed with the self-government
Colonists pleased at first
Completed defenses around Savannah
Surrounded with palisades
Sunbury became Georgia’s main port
Both houses of the legislature promoted economic growth

12. Governor Wright Upside Rice and indigo became profitable crops
Silk production
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First newspaper
The Georgia Gazette
Two-story houses built
Downside
Mothers died in childbirth
School for children in upper economic class
Undesirable people from Virginia and the Carolinas
Crackers