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1 GEORGIA IS CREATED Georgia’s Charter Trustee Colony
A Great Social Experiment Georgia’s 1st Settlement

2 Georgia is Created James Oglethorpe elected to Parliament at age 25
Became leader of prison reform John Percival helped him ask King George II for a new colony 6/20/1732-GA received its official charter

3 What 4 things did GA’s charter specify?
GA’s boundaries Form of government The powers of its officials The rights of its settlers

4 3 Purposes of GA’s Charter
Charity - relieve poverty & unemployment Economics - increase Britain’s trade & wealth Defense - provide S.C. with a buffer against Indian attacks Religion – 4th reason Home for people being persecuted in Europe Catholics excluded b/c of the threat of Spanish Florida

5 Georgia - Trustee Colony
Only colony run by trustees Oglethorpe & 20 others named as trustees Trustees banned from receiving a salary, owning land, or holding public office Official motto - “Not for ourselves but others”

6 A Great Social Experiment
GA - a model society Strict rules on land & work Colonists carefully selected - hardworking people down on their luck & who had skills to make the colony a success 35 families chosen - no debtors; farmers, carpenters, tailors, & bakers Charity families received land, weapons, tools, seed, & food to feed them until the 1st harvest Colonists in turn had to clear land, raise crops, build houses & public structures, & FOLLOW RULES!

7 GA’s 1st Settlement 1733-114 settlers arrive on Anne
Oglethorpe lands on flat area-Yamacraw Bluff John & Mary Musgrove translate negotiations b/w Oglethorpe & Tomochichi 2/12/ GA Day Savannah laid out in squares

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