Georgia: from Trustee Colony to Royal Colony
Time Period
Trustee Colony
1732 - 1752
Leaders
James Oglethorpe & other
trustees
King is ultimate authority
Governance
King had ultimate authority
Boundaries
Land Ownership
Trustees made regulations
which had to be obeyed by
colonists
All lands between the
Altamaha & Savannah
Rivers west to the Pacific
Ocean
All colonists given 50 acres
Colonists who could pay
their own way got 500 acres
Distribution
Royal Colony
1752 – 1783
John Reynolds -1st royal
governor (ineffective)
Henry Ellis – 2nd royal gov.
James Wright- 3rd royal
gov. (very popular &
effective)
King appointed gov &
council
Bicameral legislature set up
to represent parishes
Parishes were church &govt
After F&I war: southern
boundary extended to St.
Mary’s River, western
boundary was MS River
Colonists with 50 acres
could vote
Colonists with 500 acres
could serve in government
Slavery
Not allowed
Allowed because colonists
asked for it
Religion
Protestant & Jewish
Puritans arrived
The Colonists
(groups, origins, etc.)
Salzburgers, Moravians,
Malcontents, Highland
Scots
New settlers from SC &
West Indies (brought
slaves)
Some undesirable settlers
(crackers)