Spanish Explorer With over 600 men,

left Cuba in 1539, landed in Florida and marched north.

1540 he entered Georgia (close to Albany)

In search of gold Killed thousands of

Native Americans through fighting and disease.

Had an idea of a perfect world.

Wanted to settle in Georgia—create a perfect colony.

Did not have enough financial backing to carry out his plan.

Had the idea to found a colony for the “worthy poor” of Britain.

Asked King George II for a tract of land south of Carolina between the Altamaha and Savannah Rivers.

Along with 21 Trustees, he was granted a Charter to found Georgia in 1732.

First Governor of Georgia.

Jailed architect friend of Oglethorpe

Inspired Oglethorpe to create a better world for the “unfortunate” Britians.

Clergyman and Humanitarian

Also wanted to create a land for the “less fortunate” Britains.

Worked with Oglethorpe to create plans for founding Georgia.

Granted the land to Oglethorpe for Georgia.

The state of Georgia is named after him.

On June 7, 1732 he granted the Charter making Oglethorpe (and Trustees) responsible for establishing GA.

Chief of the Yamacraw Indians

Oglethorpe established friendship with Yamacraws through Tomochichi.

Chief Tomochichi allowed Oglethorpe’s ship, Ann, to land on Yamacraw bluff to establish a permanent settlement.

Chief and Oglethorpe stayed close friends until Chief’s death in 1739.

A Jewish medical doctor that arrived during the colony’s first medical crisis, after the original doctor died.

Leader of a group of German Protestants, that wanted to get out of Salzberg.

They asked to live in Georgia, and Oglethorpe let them settle in Ebenezer.

They spoke different language and kept to themselves.

Two religious leaders that came to Savannah with Oglethorpe in February 1736.

In Savannah, they established the first Sunday School in America.

They also founded the Methodist Church

Native American tribe in Georgia under Chief Tomochichi.

They lived in what is now present day Savannah.

Pronounced “Wallie”

Region around the coast of Georgia and the barrier islands.

The beginning of the New World settlements, in Virginia.

Named after King James I.

It was located near a swamp and the settlement had a big malaria outbreak.

Fort built at the mouth of the Altamaha River.

A Garrison that became the “warning point” for invaders.

It established the English presence in Georgia.

Abandoned in 1727 due to Indian Raids

Where the Colony of Georgia was founded February 12, 1733 by James Oglethorpe.

Oglethorpe designed this future city based on plans from his friend, Robert Castell.

Savannah originally was supposed to have 4 squares with twenty lots around each square.

Each square was to be used for political, social and religious gatherings.

The town where the Salzberg Protestants settled, 25 miles from Savannah.

The new location of the Salzberg Protestants after the moved from Ebenezer because of marshy and poor soil for crops.

The location where Oglethorpe moved the Salzbergs to.

Located on St. Simons Island