The Trustee Period of Colonial Georgia People and Events

The Trustee Period of Colonial Georgia

• People and Events

GPS SS8H2b

• Evaluate the Trustee Period of Georgia’s colonial history, emphasizing the role of the Salzburgers, Highland Scots, malcontents, and the Spanish threat from Florida.

Essential questions?

• Other than founder, James Oglethorpe, what other individuals influenced the establishment and development of Georgia’s colonial society?

• Which cultural groups affected the Georgia colony and what were their contributions?

I. Artisans (craftsmen)

• Reason—land and new opportunity (few were Debtors)

• From – England

• Contributions–

• **most of first settlers, prepared Savannah by clearing land, cutting down trees, and helping to build permanent homes

• **started a variety of businesses in colony

Questions from Georgia Stories Video

• What tasks did the colonist have to do?

• What attracted individuals to come to Georgia?

• What hardships did the first colonists have to endure?

II. Highland Scots

• Purpose– obtain land and opportunities

• From—Scotland

• Contributions– founded town of Darien;

• Fought bravely at Battle of Bloody Marsh;

• Most were involved with Malcontents (opposed the rule of Trustees)

Questions from Video on Highland Scots

• Who owned the land that the Scots worked on when they lived in Scotland?

• How were the Highlander fighters similar to Native American warriors?

• What were the roles that women played when their husbands left the colony to fight the Spanish?

III. Jews

• Purpose– religious freedom

• From– Portugal

• Contributions– one member, Dr. Sam Nunis, helped heal colonists suffering from malaria; provide more men for depleted militia; oldest congregation in Georgia

Questions from video on the Jewish Congregation

• What options were given to the Jews in Spain and Portugal?

• What choices did the Jewish people make?

• Why did the Jews arrive in Savannah “just in time?”

IV. Africans

• Purpose—forced, enslaved

• From– western coast and interior of Africa

• Contributions– carried African culture to New World; incorporated knowledge into tools, stories, and songs;

Questions on video on Africans?

• Even though they struggled being slaves, what did Africans pass onto the next generations?

• What were some of the skills from Africa?

• What part of Africa were most slaves in Georgia originally from?

• What did African slaves used in place of drums that were forbidden by their owners?

V. Salzburgers

• Purpose– Religious freedom

• From– Austria

• Contributions– built first settlement outside of Savannah (New Ebenezer)

• opposed slavery

Questions from video clip on Salzburgers

• How did the Salzburgers make it from Austria to Georgia?

• How did they first view Georgia when they first arrived?

• What opportunities did the Salzburgers realized they had in Georgia and not in their own country?

• What events ruined the town of New Ebenezer?

V. Moravians

• Purpose– missionary work, convert Native Americans

• From– Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic)

• Contribution– allowed women to be ministers and hold religious offices

Malcontents

• Blamed economic problems on regulations of Trustees

• Saw prosperity of South Carolina and wished to have large tracts of land (over 500 acres), rum, and slaves

• Colonists divided and many left the colony

• From 1743 to 1752, James Oglethorpe did not return and regulations were repealed

War of Jenkins's Ear

• Oglethorpe led force of 2,000 settlers and Native Americans into Florida

• 1740 beaten back at St. Augustine

• Fort Frederica

• July 1742 Battle of Bloody Marsh

What were the accomplishments and failures during the Trustees period? ( see page 128)

Review SS8H2

• Why was Georgia different from other colonies?

• How did Georgia help the English colonies?

• Evaluate James Oglethorpe’s leadership

• What were some of the colonies struggles?

• Why did the trustees eventually lose their charter?