Colonial Period of Georgia

By emilycd8
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    Trustee Colony

    21 trustees
    no slaves, Catholics, alcohol, or buying/selling land

  • Charter of 1732

    Reasons- Economy, Protection, and Charity
    James Oglethorpe asked King George ii

  • Ann arrived in Colony

    First and only ship from England, carrying no debters

  • Jews Come to Georgia

    Stayed because they had a doctor and our doctor had died

  • Savannah Established

    Largest city
    Built on high bluff overlooking the Savannah River

  • Salzburgers Arrive in Georgia

    They were from Germany and were being prosecuted
    King George ii felt pity because he too was from Germany
    Established Ebenezer and then New Ebenezer

  • Battle of Bloody Marsh

    At Fort Frederica
    Highland Scots against Spanish
    We won with one casualty
    Spain never bothered us again
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    Royal Colony

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    Governor John Reynolds

    Military-like leading
    Gave them sel-government, but got mad and took it away
    Ask for artillery and troops against French, but was declined
    Created first legislature- bicameral
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    French and Indian war

    French had Native Americans on their side
    Henry Ellis made peace with the Creeks
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    Governor Henry Ellis

    Made peace with Creeks during French and Indian war
    Expanded boundaries of Georgia to Mississippi and Alabama
    Divided Georgia into 8 parishes
    Bad health forced him to resign
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    James Wright

    Born in South Carolina, but went to England for education
    Encouraged self-government
    Studied to become a lawyer
    Arrested by patriots but escaped Savannah back to London because he represented loyalists
    Encouraged colonists to be loyalists because they benefited from Britain