·         The founder of Georgia is ___________________.

·         James was elected to Parliament in England, there he learned about the hardships facing his country: debt, not enough jobs.

·         The official charter was on: _________________.

·         Result: Jails were overcrowding due to the lack of people able to pay their debts.

·         He became a leader for prison reform, he was able to release many debtors and help them find work.  He then asked the King George II for a colony in America to take the debtors. He said he would name it Georgia in his honor.

·         The four purposes of Georgia: ______________: help relieve poverty and unemployment in Britain. _____________: increase Britain’s trade and wealth. ______________: Buffer against Indian attacks, Spanish Florida, and French. __________________: Protestants were being persecuted in England.

·         Religion: NO official religion, persons coming to Georgia would be free to worship as they pleased.  But this rule excluded _________________  due to the threat of Spanish Florida.

·         What were Georgia’s boundaries?  Southern border- ________________ River, northern border- ________________ River. It stretched across the entire US (p 74).

·         Georgia was not a royal, joint-stock, or proprietary colony.  It was a _____________________.  This was James and 20 others were placed in an official position of trust to act on behalf of someone else. They are not supposed to benefit personally from decisions made, they are to act in the best interest of those they are responsible for.

·         It was a social experiment and a model society, 1- strict rules on land and work, 2- carefully selected colonists.

·         35 families were selected (farmers, bankers, merchants, skilled workers) no debtors from prison came.

·         1^st colonists to sail to Georgia arrived on the ___________ from England (114 people).  James went to ____________________ Bluff and wanted to settle it but he had to get permission from _______________- a Creek Indian chief.

·         Tomochichi allowed James to settle there hoping it would improve life for his tribes. February 12, __________- founding of Georgia (creation).  They called it Savannah because of the river.

·         Georgia’s first settlement- ___________________- (p77)- set neighborhoods up in squares. Problem- people starting to get dysentery from the river. Death began to come in ¼ colonists. Problem improved once the town well was dug.

·         More people began to come- 40 Jews, Lutherans, Germans, Swiss people who were displaced from their countries.  In 12 months- 50 homes were built.

·         Complaints about: restrictions on land ownership and inheritance, ban on slavery, prohibitions on rum and other liquors.

·         Land ownership- the trustee’s wanted to prevent the development of a rich upper class. Each male who came by charity received a town lot for a house plus 50 acres of land. A person who paid their way there received- 50 acres, 50 acres for each servant they brought (up to 500 acres).  Sometimes the land was bad for agriculture and they would not reissue land. Inheritance Land could only be passed on to a male heir. Ban on slavery it was allowed in every other colony.  Prohibition on rum and other liquors ignored very often.

·         _________________- Ga’s first ambassador- Native American chief- commanded the Yamacraw tribe (tribe that was banished by the Creeks).  He assisted James in acquiring land form other tribes, and helped him in England in 1734 to ask King ______________for assistance. ___________________died in 1739. His nephew Tooanahowi, served with James at the Battle of ____________________ in 1742.

·         1734 trip to England- Now Georgia was to become a ______________ against the French and Spanish. Parliament agreed to give money to build forts.  More colonists came back with James and Tomochichi, 500 people.  First fort in Georgia ____________________________- St. Simon’s island.

·         War with Spain- In 1736 James went back to England to ask for more money because the tensions with Britain and Spain were increasing. Without British support the colony would fail.

·         In 1739 Britain declared war on ______________- James wanted to capture the Spanish fort of _________________________ but was outnumbered and fled back to Fort Frederica.

·         In 1742- The Spanish tried to invade Fort Frederica but failed by land and sea. Georgia was saved, by the brilliant leading of James Oglethorpe.

·         He left Georgia in 1743 and never came back.  After he left- many colonists left so export business was poor, crop failures. Gradually, the land ownership and inheritance was less strict. In 1750 they dropped the ban on slavery, and control was given back to England as a royal colony.

·         Royal colony of Georgia-  1^st royal governor John Reynolds- not very popular or effective so replaced within 2 years. 1758- __________________ church was the official church of Georgia. It was divided into _____ religious districts (parishes).  3^rd governor Sir __________________- served for 20+ years.

·         French and Indian War Indians fought with the French- Americans fought with British. Eventually, Spain joined France as an ally.  In 1763- Treaty of _________was signed. Result- France gave up claims to Canada and all territory east of the ___________________ River -except New Orleans). Spain lost Florida. Britain gave up all claims west of the Mississippi River which established Georgia’s western boundary.

·         Proclamation of 1763- Created 4 new colonies- Quebec (Canada), Grenada (Caribbean), East and West Florida. Georgia’s border was extended to the _____________________ river. 

·         Georgia prospered after the French and Indian War because Spain and France were no longer a threat. Creeks left and there was more land to work with. _______________ system was developed for land ownership. The head of each family was given 100 acres plus 50 acres for each member of the family.  FREE LAND!!!! Massive influx of people.

·         1766- Georgia had 10, 000 whites, 8,000 blacks (10 years later 50, 000 colonists).