Royal Period - Royal period in Georgia began in 1752 after trustees gave charter back to King; increase in land ownership and slavery , Trustee Period - 1732-1751, Georgia was governed by 21 trustees; ban on slavery, rum, lawyers, and Catholics , Savannah - first city and captial in the Georgia , Trustee  - an individual or organization that holds or manages assets for the benefit of another; 21 trustees over the colony of Georgia but only 1, James Oglethorpe, came to the colony , Charter of 1732 - the document that formally established the colony of Georgia; outlines reasons for the colony and regulations set up by the trustees , James Oglethorpe - only trustee to come to the colony, Indigo - a plant used to produce a bluish purple dye , Philanthropy - give away time, money, resources to another. The colony was originally intended to give a new start to others , Royal Governors - Governors appointed by King George during Royal period , W.R.I.S.T - Wine, rice, indigo, silk, tobacco; the colonies cash crops , Tomochici - Chief of Yamacraw Indians, friend to James Oglethorpe , Mary Musgrove - Creek Native American women who served as translator for Oglethorpe and Tomochichi , Highland Scots  - from the Highlands of Scotland and known as some of the best fighters in Europe; invited by Oglethorpe to help defend against the Spanish, Salzsburgers - a group of Protestants from Austria who were invited to settle in Georgia due to religious persecution; successful at silk; established New Ebenezer , Malcontents - wealth, complaining colonists that encouraged land ownership and slavery , Buffer Colony - One reason Georgia was founded to protect South Carolina from Spanish attacks ,

SS8H2 Colonial Georgia lewis

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