Topic: End of Trustee Period Spanish Threat Standard: SS8H2C EQ: Why did the Georgia colony fail? The Spanish in Florida were very interested and wanted Georgia s Land. The British built Fort Frederica in South Georgia in an effort to protect the colony. There were small battles and skirmishes between Florida and Georgia. They were a consistent threat for a few years. The Battle of Bloody Marsh was the main battle between British Georgia and Spanish Florida. James Oglethorpe led the Georgia soldiers to victory (though he did not capture St. Augustine) and Spain never again attacked a British colony on the eastern coast.
PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENT During the 1730s, Scottish settler Patrick Tailfer led a group of colonists, knowns as the Malcontents, in protest of various laws and policies enforced by the Georgia Trustees. - New Georgia Encyclopedia
Georgia Has Problems Oglethorpe was called to Great Britain to answer charges against him. He was cleared of the charges but he did not return to Georgia. The climate made growing silk impossible. The mulberry trees would not grow silk. Other colonies with slaves were more successful and made money. Malcontents and other Georgia colonists wanted alcohol, slaves, and more land. Majority of them were very unhappy and constantly complained
A Huge Transition From A Trustee Colony to a Royal Colony Definition: Royal Colony Colony overseen by the crown of England. Georgia was supposed to be a trustee colony for 21 years, however with only one year left with the charter the trustees gave the power and control back to the King. Economics finally won over the trustee s plans for a model perfect society and Georgia allowed everything it restricted before. It took two years to transition. Georgia would not get its first official royal governor until 1754. The government of Georgia would change drastically as the people, under the leadership of the Royal Governors, would have to learn to govern themselves.
What were 5 things that made Georgia a bad trustee colony? Georgia Was A Bad Trustee Colony
Royal Governors There were 3 royal governors of Georgia First Royal Governor John Reynolds Failed as an administrator Everyone complained about him, spent money carelessly, did not take advice well Established new government with bicameral legislature King kicked him out of office Second Royal Governor Henry Ellis Did his job and kept colonists happy Contributed a lot/heavily to the defense of Georgia Colony prospered The number of slaves jumped to 10,000. Almost half of the colony were slaves Set up 8 parishes, a court system Became sick and had to leave
Georgia As A Royal COlony Made the most money & Largest population! Third and Final Governor James Wright Longest ruling royal governor Strongly supported the Crown and Great Britain s policies Added more than 6 million acres of land Economy grew due to rice growth, his policies made others join The Georgia colony Official Port of entry was Sunbury, GA Palisades were built around Savannah He made Georgia slow to join the Revolution. He remained the governor until the American Revolution
ROYAL COLONY Great Britain and the King & A Royal Governor Who was In Charge TRUSTEE COLONY The 21 Trustees Could buy and sell rum (alcohol) They could purchase over 500 acres of land Alcohol Land Ownership No Alcohol!!! No land could be purchased or Sold Women were allowed to inherit land. Slavery Was Allowed Land Inheritance Slavery Only men could inherit land No Slavery
Freeze Who controlled Georgia when it became a royal colony? 1. James Oglethorpe 2. a bicameral legislature 3. the king of Great Britain 4. the people
Freeze How many years was Georgia a trustee Colony? 1. 20 years 2. 100 years 3. 7 years 4. 21 years
Freeze The main reason that the colonists were unable to successfully create silk was 1 they did not have the man power necessary for this labor intensive job 2 silk was not popular for use as a textile among the new colonists 3 it was too costly to ship the finish silk back to England 4 the poor climate made it difficult for the mulberry tree to grow
Freeze Who was the Royal Governor who served from 1754-1757. He was the first to serve after James Oglethorpe and the Trustee Period? 1. James Wright 2. King George 3. Henry Ellis 4. John Reynolds
Use the remainder of the class period to work on your Eulogy so that you don t have to do it at home Remember your project is due next Friday as well!!!!!!! Mock Funeral for James Oglethorpe Will be held on Friday, September 16th A eulogy is a great piece of writing used to entertain people about a person's life, to acknowledge people who have passed away and to remember them in a special way. Act as if James was your friend and you knew him very well. Why was he soooo important to the colonization of Georgia? Why should we remember him? What did he do for the colony of Georgia? This assignment will count as TWO class work grades. The style and creativity is very important The assignment must be a minimum of 4 paragraphs. You can earn 10 extra points if you wear all black on Friday.