Chapter 5
Trustee Georgia 1730-1761
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.
SS8G1 The student will describe Georgia with
regard to physical features and location.
a. Locate Georgia in relation to region, nation,
continent, and hemispheres.
b. Describe the five geographic regions of Georgia;
include the Blue Ridge Mountains, Valley and
Ridge, Appalachian Plateau, Piedmont, and Coastal
Plain.
c. Locate and evaluate the importance of key
physical features on the development of Georgia;
include the Fall Line, Okefenokee Swamp,
Appalachian Mountains, Chattahoochee and
Savannah Rivers, and barrier islands.
d. Evaluate the impact of climate on Georgia’s
development.
SS8E1 The student will give examples of the kinds of goods
and services produced in Georgia in different historical periods.
SS8E2 The student will explain the benefits of free trade.
a. Describe how Georgians have engaged in trade in different
historical time periods.
b. Explain how the four transportation systems from SS8G2
contribute to Georgia’s role in trade.
SS8E3 The student will evaluate the influence of Georgia’s
economic growth and
development.
a. Define profit and describe how profit is an incentive for
entrepreneurs.
b. Explain how entrepreneurs take risks to develop new goods and
services to start a business.
c. Evaluate the importance of entrepreneurs in Georgia who
developed such enterprises as Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, GeorgiaPacific, and Home Depot.
What English problems influenced
the plan for the colony of Georgia?
(1)Agricultural problems and lack of
food.
(2) Overcrowded cities
(3) Homelessness and unemployment
(4) Debtors’ Prisons
(5) The need to protect Charles Town
from Spanish attack.
What incentives encouraged
colonists to settle Georgia?
 (1) Free passage (transportation)
 (2) 50 acres of land (500 acres
and no taxes for ten years if you
paid your own passage)
 (3) Support for your family for
one year.
What rules made the new colony
different from other colonies?
(1)Trustees were not allowed to own
land or make a profit from the
colony.
(2)Colonists all received the same
amount of land.
(3)Rum and liquor were banned.
(4)Slavery was banned.
(5)Land could only be inherited by men.
What religious groups settled in
Georgia?
 Moravians (Protestants from Czechoslovakia)
 Salzburgers (From Austria near the German
border)
 Jews (from Portugal)
 Christians
The Trustees welcomed all religions except
Roman Catholics. They did not want to
risk that the Catholic settlers would side
with Spanish Catholics already in the
colonies.
Why did the Trustees found the
colony of Georgia?
 It was founded for charitable purposes
rather than for profit.
 It was founded as a place where
debtors’ and the “worthy poor” could
have a second chance.
 It was founded to be an economic selfsupporting colony that would provide
cheap raw materials for England.
 It was founded to be a
defensive/protective barrier (buffer)
between Florida and Charles Town.
Why were the colonists unhappy
with their life in Georgia?
Restrictions on land ownership.
The ban on slavery
The ban on Rum.
The land was not well suited to grow
Mulberry Trees and other products
that were to be exported to England.
 Colonists were not prepared for the
hard life in the new colony.
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What role did the Battle of the Bloody
Marsh play in the life of the new colony?
 Oglethorpe’s defeat
of the Spanish
troops established a
clear claim to the
“debatable” lands
between Charles
Town and St.
Augustine for the
English.
Why did the colony not prosper
under the Trustees?
 The colonies were
not able to produce
enough of the kinds
of goods that
England wanted.
The colonists also
“complained and
grumbled” about
the land, Rum, and
slavery restrictions.
What acts were passed by the first
royal assembly?
 Reorganization of the militia.
 Funding for roads and bridges.
 Creation of paper bills of
credit.
 Establishment of 10 crimes
punishable by death.
 Approval of the first slave code.
Why was the Commons House of
Assembly important to the colonists?
 As English citizens the colonists
expected to have a voice in their
government. The Trustees had not
given the colonists any voice (or say)
in how they were governed. The
Commons House of Assembly gave
them a representative voice in their
local government.
In Addition:
 James Oglethorpe: Trustee founder of
Georgia
 Mary and John Musgrove: Bicultural
traders and translators for the colonists.
 Tomochichi: Chief of the Yamacraw
Indians and ally of the new colonists.
 Yamacraw Bluff: Location of the first
settlement in Georgia.
 Treaty of Savannah: agreement with the
Creeks over Georgia land and slave codes.
More………..
 Augusta: Community established as a way
station between Savannah and
Charlestown. It was called the “Key of the
Indian Country.”
 Palisade: a strong wooden wall
surrounding the settlement at Savannah.
 John Reynolds: First Royal governor of
Georgia.
 Trustee: the organizers that funded the
colony, selected the colonists, and set the
rules.
AND more……
 Parishes: districts divided mostly for
religious and military purposes.
 “salutary neglect”: the hands off policy f
England towards the Georgia colony.
Colonists handled their own affairs and
pretty much ignored the English laws.
 War of Jenkins Ear (page 93)
 John Wesley and George Whitefield (89)
 Grumbletonians and Clamorious
Malcontents