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Lesson 1

 * ===SS8H1 European contact and with Native Americans and European exploration === ||


 * || **B. Explain European contact with Native Americans **

 A Spanish explorer named Hernando De Soto sailed with 600 men and equipment into the land that is now to present day Florida. His goal was to march north and find gold. He had ended up not finding any gold, but he had set up Spanish settlements  in Florida.  While he had searched for gold during his march north, he had encountered many groups of Native Americans. He had killed many of the Indians that had been encountered. Since the Spanish were more advanced, they had won the fights.  Hernando De Soto died near the Mississippi River.




 * C. Explain European colonization and settlement in the south-east region of North America (FL, GA, SC, NC, LA, AL, and MS) **

 There were three countries that had sailed into North America and had colonized it.  The French had colonized the land on the gulf coast (Southern Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi). They also colonized northern Alabama.
 * 1)  France
 * 2)  Spain
 * 3)  Britain

 Spanish explorers had colonized present day Florida and for a little while had settlements in Georgia until they were removed by British forces.

 The British had landed in present-day Virginia and had created the first colony . They had made their first settlement and named it Jamestown. Once they were well situated, they made an additional 12 colonies. The southern colonies were North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. ||

Class Notes

The French

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 * ===<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.8em;">SS8H2 GA's colonial period === ||

|| **<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A. Explain and introduce the reasons and the main players behind colonization in GA. **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> James Oglethorpe was an explorer from Britain with a plan to colonize Georgia. He had a friend that had died in deters' prison. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> This had convinced him to make the colony of Georgia a "deters' colony". James had convinced the king of Britain, KGII, that the colony would be an asset for Britain. A couple of the reasons were that it could help the economy of Britain by the colony selling goods to foreigners to raise money for the mother-country, and that it could also ship raw resources (natural resources) over to Britain. It would also protect the Carolinas (a major agricultural colony that made a lot of money for Britain) and it would make the king look good by giving the poor a second chance in the new world. The king then gave James Oglethorpe permission to bring colonists over and create the colony of Georgia (The Charter of 1732).

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Even though none of the men and women who crossed the Atlantic ocean with Oglethorpe were deters, they had been somewhat poor people. So the colonizers sailed until they came upon Tomochichi, Mary Musgrove, and the rest of the Yamacraw tribe at Yamacraw Bluff. Tomochichi was the Yamacraw Indians' leader. Mary Musgrove was the translator. Tomochichi and James Oglethorpe had met and become friends, ensuring a place near the bluff for the settlers to be able to build the city of Savannah.


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">B. Explain the Trustee period in GA's colonial history. **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> The Salzburger came from the European country of Salzburg (present day Austria). They had been insulted back in Europe because of their religion. So, the salzburges asked and were allowed to immigrate to the colonies. They had settled in the city of Ebenezer in Georgia. The settlement at Ebenezer had been on a swamp and had caused many of the Salzburger to become sick. After a discussion with Oglethorpe, the Salzburger moved and created the city of New Ebenezer.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> The king of Britain wanted to ensure the safety of his precious Carolinas. This had caused him to send over men called the Highland Scots. The Highland Scots were supposed to defend the colony of Georgia and protect the Carolinas.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Unlike the Highland Scots and the Salzburger who didn't agree with slavery, some of the colonists known as the malcontents approved it. It was one of the things that they support on the list of rules. They also wanted to be able to sell land. They were the protesters of the colonies.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> The Georgia colony had one major threat. Even though they had pushed the Spaniards out of Georgia, they had still the colony of Florida. The colonists had promised to defend the colony and the king had sent over the highland Scots. Even though they had this defenses set up, Florida had still posed as a major problem. They had been neutral until the war of Jenkins’s ear. It is said that a group of Spanish soldiers attacked and cut of the ear of the British seaman named Robert Jenkins. Oglethorpe approved of war and attacked Florida. Many battles occurred, but the most important was the battle of bloody marsh. At the end of the battle, Oglethorpe gave a warning note to a Spanish prisoner and let him free. The man ran and gave the note to the man in charge. The note had convinced the Spanish to retreat. This caused the British to win the war. || Salzburger publication depicting their "saga."



Jerusalem Church was established by the Salzburgers in Ebenezer during the 1730s. Ebenezer, left in ruins after the Revolutionary War, had disappeared by 1855, but Jerusalem Church, now known as Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, still stands. It is one of the few buildings in Georgia left intact after the Revolutionary War.

Highland Scots-Brought to the colony to protect it from the Spanish threat to the south, however, their views and values eventually caused conflict within the colony. Highland Scot settlement in Darien. Not happy with the limitation of the Charter of 1732, malcontents argued for change.

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. His 1740 tract, entitled //A True and Historical Narrative of the Colony of Georgia//, was read in influential circles but failed to make a substantial impact on the circumstances of the Malcontents.

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|| **<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">C. Explain the development of GA as a royal colony. **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> In 1752, the trustees and Oglethorpe left the colony of Georgia for Britain. The once proprietary colony had been changed into a royal colony by the king of Britain, KGII. Once this happened, colonists from the colonies of the Carolinas immigrated to Georgia and bought land for their families.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> The king had assigned three royal governors during the period of Georgia as a royal colony. They were John Reynolds, Henry Ellis, and James Wright.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> John Reynolds was the first governor. He had introduced a bicameral system into the legislature, but do to his abuse of power, he was replaced.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> His replacement was Henry Ellis. Henry Ellis was a scientist. He had been obsessed with the weather; so obsessed that he had a thermometer hung around his neck. Governor Henry had supported slavery. It is because of this that the population increased by 10,000, 3,600 being slaves. The governor soon became ill, and left the colony because it was to his belief that it had been the hot temperatures that caused him to grow ill.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> The last governor was James Wright. He had been a loyalist to the king and was born in the colony of South Carolina. His main accomplishments were that he had successfully made a palisade barrier around Savannah, and had improved the colony's agriculture industry. James Wright had been the governor of Georgia until he was captured and shipped back to Britain when the Revolutionary War began. ||

Henry Ellis was Georgia's 2nd Royal Governor. He supported slavery and as a result increased GA's population by  10,000 of which 3,600 we slaves. 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. His 1740 tract, entitled //A True and Historical Narrative of the Colony of Georgia//, was read in influential circles but failed to make a substantial impact on the circumstances of the Malcontents.

Compare and contrast Georgia as a Trustee Colony and Royal Colony.


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