Unit 2 Colonial GA

mercantilism

economic policy where colonies provide natural resources

Ebenezer

swampy land settled by the Salzburgers

James Oglethorpe

resident trustee and founder "father" of GA

royal colony

time period in GA led by Britain’s parliament that allowed rum, slaves and fewer land restrictions

Mary Musgrove

helped bring peace between Yamacraw and English settlers through translations

Catholics, Lawyers, Slaves

groups not allowed in Trustee GA

Tomochichi

Gave Oglethorpe permission to settle at Yamacraw Bluff

trustee period

time period governed by Oglethorpe with no rum, no slaves in early GA

King George II

granted charter to trustees; believed GA could help economically and defensively

Scottish Highlanders

immigrants brought to GA to protect the coast

headright

land distribution during the royal period

Salzburgers

Austrian Protestants that came to GA for religious freedom

Savannah

founded by Oglethorpe; GA’s oldest city

Malcontents

those who opposed trustee rules

Reynolds, Ellis, Wright

GA’s royal governors

Darien

fort on coast of GA defended by Highlanders

Defense, Philanthropy, Economics

reasons/purposes GA was founded

Protestants

religious group welcomed to GA

1732

The year the trustee period of GA begins

1752

The year GA becomes a royal colony