Colonial Period (SS8H2)

Royal period (1752-1783)

period of time that Georgia was under the authority of the King of England.

Royal colony

a colony under the control of the monarch of England.

Three Reasons for Ga`s Settlement

Philanthropy-giving money or other help to improve the quality of life; charity. Economics-money; British hoped that GA would be able to produce resources. Defense-protecting other British colonies from the Spanish.

Savvannah

The first capital of Georgia; founded in 1733 by James Oglethorpe.

Trustee(s)

a person who holds responsibility and acts on behalf (manages) of others.

Trustee period (1732-1751)

period of time when Georgia was under the authority of the Trustees; many regulations in place.

charter

a legal document that grants special rights and sets up the rules under which something operates.

Charter of 1732

the document that formally (officially) established the colony of Georgia; outlines the reasons for GA's founding and the rules set up by the trustees.

Royal governor

Governor (ruler) appointed by the English Monarch to run a colony.

Mercantilism

economic policy where a country exports more than it imports; colonies are expected to supply the natural resources.

Indigo

a plant used to produce a blue dye.

Musgrove, Mary (1700-1763)

Creek Indian women who served as a translator between Oglethorpe and Tomochichi.

Oglethorpe, James (1696-1785)

one of the 21 trustees who established GA; only trustee who traveled to the colony; served as an unofficial military and governmental leader of the colony.

Tomochichi

chief of the Yamacraw Indians; became friends with Oglethorpe and allowed him to establish the colony of Georgia on Yamacraw territory.

Buffer Colony

colony was to serve as a defense buffer (protective barrier) between Spanish Florida and British South Carolina.

Malcontents

group of colonists who complained about the Trustees rules for the colony.

Salzburgers

a religious group from Austria who came because of religious persecution; established Ebenezer; very successful colonists.

Highland Scots

from Scotland; brought by Oglethorpe because they were very good soldiers; founded the town of Darien.

Silk Industry

Colonists planted mulberry trees to produce silkworms; encouraged by the trustees to support merchantilism; was not very successful.