1. Warm-Up Answers ONLY. The first settlement in Georgia was in ______.
_____ is a trade policy that existed for new colonies to help its mother country gain wealth.

2. The Colonization of Georgia

3. Essential
Questions

4. What were the reasons for Georgia’s settlement?
Who contributed to the establishment of the Georgia colony?

5. Who Was James Oglethorpe?
Born in London in 1696
Member of an Influential
Family
Well Educated
Wealthy
Cared Greatly for People in Trouble
Tried to Find Ways
to Help Them
Member of Parliament

6. Why did Oglethorpe want to form a new colony?
James Edward Oglethorpe and 20 other influential men in Great Britain made a plan to create a new colony for the working poor. They envisioned a colony for people who faced jail time for bad debts.

7. Who was Georgia named after?
In 1732, King George II created a charter allowing 21 Trustees, including Oglethorpe, to create a Georgia colony and oversee it for 21 years.
King George II

8. Defense Economics Charity Why Was Georgia Created? WHY CREATE GEORGIA?
Georgia could protect S. Carolina from the Spanish and hostile Indians.
Economics
New colony could send crops back to England for profit (mercantilism).
Charity
Poor and unemployed could apply to go to the new colony to start a new life.
WHY CREATE GEORGIA?
Religious freedom (except Catholics) = Unofficial Reason

9. Between 114 and 125 settlers sailed from England on the ship Ann in 1732.

10. The First Georgia Colonists
• Promised 50 acres of land to live on, tools, and enough food for 1 year
• If they could pay their own way, received 500 acres of land and permission to take 10 indentured servants.

11. In Exchange.... They Agreed to...
Defend the New Colony
Land Could Not Be Sold
Farm the Land
Grow Mulberry Trees on Portion of Land
Obey all regulations established by the trustees.

12. The Colony Belonged to the Crown!!!!

13. ...document establishing Georgia as a colony
Georgia’s Charter
...document establishing Georgia as a colony
6,000 Words
Many Limits

14. silk, dyes, wine, spices, and semi-tropical fruit
What products did James Oglethorpe promise to send back to England?
silk, dyes, wine, spices, and semi-tropical fruit
What trade policy is this an example of?

15. It included the land between the Savannah and Altamaha rivers and extended west to the Pacific Ocean.

16. Be Given Money for their Work
Trustees Could Not...
Be Given Money for their Work
Own
Land
Hold
Political
Office

17. WHY? WHO COULD NOT BECOME COLONISTS? Papists (Catholics) Lawyers
Blacks
Liquor
Dealers
Lawyers
WHY?

18. COLONIZATION ACTIVITY
Using your notes and pages , create a poster that would encourage people to help settle the new colony of Georgia.
You should include:
A creative heading announcing the purpose of the poster.
The names of the colony’s founder(s)
The 3 reasons for founding the colony.
At least 3 benefits to people who agree to help settle the colony
At least 3 things the new colonists would have to agree to do in exchange for these benefits
At least 2 qualifications for applicants
At least 4 groups of people who this advertisement would not apply to.
Attention-getting details such as color and pictures
Your goal is to create an advertisement that would make people want to come settle in the new colony.

19. Ticket Out of The Door 1.) For what Monarch was Georgia named?
2.) Why did Oglethorpe want to create Georgia?
3.) List 1 group who could not come to Georgia. Why?