Important Groups During the Trustee Period Jews in

Important Groups During the Trustee Period

Jews in Georgia • 42 Arrived in 1733 • the only reason Gen. Oglethorpe admitted the Jewish settlers was because of a doctor (Dr. Samuel Nunes) on board who could help cure a yellow fever epidemic. • His medical attention saved a colony from complete loss to Yellow Fever (cold drinks and cold baths prescription) • Settled in Savannah, Monterey Square is the site of the Jewish Synagogue (Mickve Israel) built and is still in use today, 3 rd oldest synagogue in the nation. • Abraham de Lyon – assisted colony with wine production (part of W. R. I. S. T. ) • Against slavery

Salzburgers • German protestants first arrive in GA, March 1734 • Fled persecution by Catholics in Austria • Spoke a different language than original settlers, kept to themselves • Settled an area on the Savannah River, “Ebenezer” (means Stone of Help); then moved to “New Ebenezer” • Hard workers, opposed slavery, peaceful • Moved to Frederica on St. Simmons Island to help defend the new colony against the Spanish • Large-scale success with silk production (only group) • Longest existing Lutheran Congregation in the U. S. today • Most industrious/successful – water powered grist mill, Sunday school, and an orphanage

Highland Scots • Arrived in GA 1733 from Scotland • Settled Darien (old Fort King George), a town on the Altamaha River • provided an infantry to Ft. Frederica on St. Simon's Island to defend against the Spanish. (Battle of Bloody Marsh) • Very adaptable to the new colony, hard workers, reputation as the best soldiers, against slavery • Known for their timber production and cattle raising • Came to Georgia and was promised land in exchange to defend the colony • Today – Mc. Intosh County is named in honor one of these important families

malcontents • Settlers who were unhappy with trustee rule • Disagreed with the ban on rum, slavery, and regulations on land because they paid their own way to the colony • Felt restrictions/bans stifled their economic opportunities • Divided the colonists, many left the new colony to live where there were fewer restrictions (such as further west or South Carolina) • Ban on rum lifted in 1742 • Limitations on land ownership lifted • Ban on slavery lifted in 1750

Review Questions 1) Which two groups were against slavery? 2) Why did Oglethorpe allow the Jews to settle in Georgia? 3) Where did Oglethorpe put the Highland Scots? Why? 4) Why did the Salzburgers come to Georgia? 5) What restrictions/bans did the Malcontents disagree with? Outcome of these restrictions/bans?