Chapter 6 – The Founding of Georgia
Chapter 7 – Life of People in the Colonies
UNIT 3 VOCABULARY
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Parliament
Trustee
Backcountry
French and Indian War
Proclamation of 1763
Headright System
Plantation
Indentured Servant
Triangular Trade
Slave Code
I. Founding of Georgia
 Robert Montgomery –
first came up with the
idea of founding a colony
where Georgia is located.
Was to be named
“Azalea”
I. The Founding of Georgia
 Trustees – a group of 21
people who obtained a
charter to form Georgia
in an attempt to make
money. 20 of them
stayed in England.
 James Oglethorpe – the
founder of Georgia. He
traveled to Georgia
The Founding of Georgia
 Boundaries
 Northern –Savannah
River.
 Southern – Altamaha
River.
 Western – Pacific Ocean
(quickly became the
Mississippi River)
 Eastern – Atlantic
Ocean.
The Founding of Georgia
 Reasons of Colonization
Defense – Georgia serves
as a buffer zone.
Charity – Georgia was to
be a place for debtors to
work off their debt.
Economics – Georgia was
to make money through
silk production
(mulberry trees)
The Founding of Georgia
ALLOWED IN GEORGIA
NOT ALLOWED IN GEORGIA
 Economic success
 Slavery
 Religious freedom
 Tobacco
 All ethnic groups
 Rum
 Land for everybody
 Lawyers
 Catholics
 More than 50 acres of land
First Georgia Settlers
 The Voyage
 James Oglethorpe and
114 settlers from
England on the ship
Anne.
 Very few of them were
debtors.
Georgia’s First Settlers
 Georgia’s first settlement
Savannah – divided into
squares so that all
people had equal
amounts of land.
Yamacraw Bluff –
overlooks the Savannah
River. Location where
Savannah was built
The First Georgia Settlers
 CHIEF TOMOCHICHI –
 Chief of the Yamacraw
Indians.
 Befriended James
Oglethorpe and allowed
the Georgia settlers to
stay.
 Mary Musgrove served
as a translator between
the two. VIDEO
First Georgia Settlers
 HARDSHIPS
 Diseases
 Economics – mulberry
trees are not successful
 Threats from Natives,
Spanish, and French.
Georgia’s First Settles
 Salzburgers
 Founded the town of
Ebenezer.
 Grew some mulberry
trees and were very hard
working. They opposed
slavery and supported
Oglethorpe’s ideas.
 They were Lutherans.
First Georgia Settlers
 War with Spain (War of
Jenkins’ Ear)
 Two Forts built
 Fort Frederica – on the
mouth of the Altamaha
River to protect against the
Spanish.
 Darien – Scottish
Highlanders moved to
Georgia to build a new fort
and protect the colony.
First Georgia Settlers
 War with Spain cont.
 War of Jenkins’ Ear
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Oglethorpe attacked St.
Augustine, Florida. He
lost and retreated.
Spanish attacked back at
Fort Frederica.
Battle of Bloody Marsh –
won by the Georgia
settlers and the Spanish
retreated back beyond the
St. Mary’s River
First Georgia Settlers
 James Oglethorpe –
 Because of the economic
hardships of Georgia,
people were mad about
the rules laid out by James
Oglethorpe. They were
known as
MALCONTENTS. They
called him the
PERPETUAL DICTATOR
because he was a dictator
that never stopped. They
forced him to return to
England.
Georgia Under Royal Rule
 John Reynolds –
Georgia’s first royal
governor
 Established self rule.
Had to own land to vote.
Georgia Under Royal Rule
 Henry Ellis
 Worked hard to improve
Georgia’s economy and
defenses. Tried to
increase slave use.
Georgia Under Royal Rule
 Sir James Wright
 Everybody liked him.
 Was governor when the
revolution began.
 Georgia was slow to join
revolution because they
liked him.
Georgia Under Royal Rule
 French and Indian War
 Between the English
and the French for
control of North
America. The Native
Americans helped the
French.
 Won by the English,
which allowed England
to colonize more of
North America
MAP OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN
WAR
Georgia Under Royal Rule
 Proclamation of 1763
 Told Settlers to stay on
the Eastern side of the
Appalachian
Mountains.
 Made the St. Mary’s
River the official
southern boundary for
Georgia.
Georgia Under Royal Rule
 Headright System
 100 acres of land to the head of a household plus 50
acres for each person brought with them.
 Georgia now has more land available to settlers.
 Was a huge economic boost to the economy.
Three types of colonies
 New England Colonies
 Very little farming
because of climate and
soil.
 Education was
important.
 Would eventually
become far more
industrialized
Three types of colonies
 Middle Colonies
 Some farming and some
slaves.
 Grew crops like wheat
and corn.
 Most eventually
outlawed slavery.
Three Types of Colonies
 Southern Colonies
 Relied on slavery and
agriculture.
 Very little emphasis on
education
Life in the Georgia Colony
Indentured Servants
Slavery
 Came from Europe and
 Came from Africa and had to
worked for a set number of
years in exchange for passage
to the new world.
work their entire lives.
Survived longer because
conditions were better than
in Africa.
Life in the Georgia Colony
 Education
 Took place in the home
and in the church
 VIDEO
Life in the Georgia Colony
 Religion
 Church was the center
of social life.
 John Wesley founded
the Methodist church
and spent time in
Savannah.
Life in the Georgia Colony
Rum
 Triangular Trade Routes
 Colonists traded rum
with Africa and Europe
 Then traded slaves to
the West Indies (Middle
Passage)
 Then traded sugar to
other colonists
Sugar
Slaves
SOME IMPORTANT NAMES TO
KNOW
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King George
Robert Montgomery
Robert Cassell
James Oglethorpe
Mary Musgrove
Chief Tomochichi
John Reynolds
Henry Ellis
James Wright
John and Charles Wesley