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