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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