Vocabulary Chapter 9: Founding of GA/GA in the Trust Period
1. proprietor – an owner
2. royal colony – a colony under the control of a king
3. mercantilism – an economic policy in which a country exports more than it imports; colonies are expected to supply raw materials to the mother country
4. militia – a force of citizen-soldiers
5. malcontent – a complainer; one who was not happy w/the Georgia colony rules.
6. trustee – a person who holds responsibility and acts on behalf of others.
7. pacifist – one who believes that any kind of fighting or violence is wrong.
8. indentured servant – a person who sold his/her labor for a period of years in return for passage to the New World and support during the period of servitude.
9. slavery – the practice of owning people as property.
10. ally – a person, group or country who joins with another for a common interest.
11. artisan – a skilled craftsperson.
12. charter – a legal document that grants special rights and sets up the rules under which something operates.
13. James Edward Oglethorpe – the founder of Georgia. Oglethorpe was the “Resident Trustee” ; one of the 21 Trustees who set up the Georgia colony. A member of the British Parliament that sponsored the “working poor” to start a British colony in the New World.
14. Tomochichi – chief of the Yamacraw Indians. Permission granted by Tomochichi for Ogelthorpe to settle at Yamacraw Bluff.
15. John & Mary Musgrove – a Carolina trader and his wife who operated a small trading post on the Savannah River. They were interpreters for Ogelthorpe.
16. Salzburgers- a group of German-speaking Lutherans, from Austria, who came to the colony of Georgia to escape persecution. These colonists settled (New) Ebenezer in Effingham County. They were responsible for raising/producing silk.
17. John Martin Bolzius – the minister and leader of the Salzburgers at Ebenezer.
18. John Wesley – came with Oglethorpe in 1736. He was minister to the Savannah colonist. Later founded the Methodist movement.
19. Highland Scots- recruited by Ogelthorpe because of their reputation as very good soldiers. They settled in present day Darien to help maintain the barrier between the Spanish to the south and the English.
20. Fredrica – fort built at the southern end of the Georgia colony – on present day St. Simon’s Island. It was named in honor of King George’s son, Fredrick.
21. Augusta – fort built at the northern end of the Georgia colony in the “backcountry” – in present day Augusta. It was named for Fredrick’s bride, Princess Augusta. Augusta was a trade center for Indians.
22. Battle of Bloody Marsh –The Battle of Bloody Marsh was the main battle between British Georgia and Spanish Florida. James Oglethorpe led the Georgia soldiers to victory (though he did not capture St. Augustine) and Spain never again attacked a British colony on the eastern coast.
23. Moravians – group of German-speaking Protestants who tried educating the Indians and converting them to Christianity. They were pacifists who had difficulty being accepted by others, most moved to Pennsylvania by 1740.