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James Edward Oglethorpe Head of Trustees Arrived February 12, 1733 in Savannah Charter for Georgia Charity Economics Defense
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Hernando DeSoto
Spanish “conquistador” 1540 landed with 600
men, 200 hundred horses, 300 pigs
Search for gold DeSoto died in 1542
Spanish Missions
Church outposts Political, economic,
cultural, and religious outposts
Spread Christianity, market economy, and disease
Throughout “Guale” and Mocama
James Edward Oglethorpe Head of Trustees Arrived February 12,
1733 in Savannah Charter for Georgia
Charity Economics Defense
Chief Tomochichi
Yamacraw Chief Allowed Savannah
settlement Ally of English against
the Spanish Friend and aid to
Oglethorpe
Mary Musgrove Coosaponakeesa of
Creek heritage Married to John
Musgrove a trader Translator between
Tomochichi and Oglethorpe
Salzburgers German-speaking
Lutherans Came to Savannah in
1734 Settled in Ebeneezer Rigid religious
community Staunchly anti-slavery
during Trustee Period John Treutlen governor
of Georgia
Highland Scots Settled in Darien Presbyterian “Scots-
Irish” Of great aid to
Oglethorpe in Battle of Bloody Marsh
Anti-slavery Fiercely independent
Malcontents Objected to
(malcontented with) Land policies Prohibition of slavery Prohibition of hard liquor
THEY WANTED Unlimited land Slavery rum
Trustee Period 1732-1752 Unique Georgia
Charter Prohibited slavery Outlawed hard
liquor Banned Catholics,
liquor dealers, and lawyers
Robert Castell Friend of Oglethorpe;
he died in debtor’s prison
Situation greatly affected Oglethorpe
Castell’s plans influenced the final plans for Savannah
Battle of Bloody Marsh Crucial battle in
War of Jenkins’s Ear
Fought in the marshes of St. Simon’s Island
Spanish threat to Georgia turned back
War of Jenkins’s Ear In 1731Jenkins lost
his ear to the Spanish (maybe)
Inflamed tensions between Spain and England
After Jenkins appeared before Parliament in 1738 – War was declared
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