James Oglethorpe founded the colony of Georgia in 1733 to provide a safe place for debtors and people seeking religious freedom. He brought 117 settlers from England who built homes with the help of Native Americans like Tomochichi and Mary Musgrove. Oglethorpe established friendly relations and trade with local tribes, learning survival skills from them, and named the colony's first city Savannah after its founder.

1. What did he do for Georgia?
Born 1696 Died 1795

2.  James Oglethorpe
◦ British general
◦ Member of Parliament
◦ Social reformer
◦ Had a friend who died in prison after
not paying a bill
◦ General Oglethorpe wanted to provide
a safe place for people to start their
lives over
Getting a Fresh Start
Social Change in a New World

3.  Asked King George for permission to take
people to the New World who were law
breakers or who wanted freedom of religion
 1733- Left England for Georgia to start
colony
 117 settlers went with him
 They brought beads, cloth, and metals to
trade with the people who already lived there
(Indians)
 Helped by Tomochichi and Mary Musgrove

4.  Oglethorpe and the settlers would have died
when they got to the New World without the
help of the Native Americans
 They needed help to build houses, make
roads, plant crops, catch fish and game to eat
 They traded cotton cloth, beads, and metal
 They had to do without sugar, flour, and tea
in the beginning so they learned how to eat
the way the Native Americans taught them
 Oglethorpe named the city Savannah; he
named the state Georgia after King George

5.  Mary Musgrove was married to a man with
a trading post, John Musgrove
 She was born to a Native American mother
and a white father who went away
 She had lived near settlers in another part
of the country
 She spoke good English so she helped
Oglethorpe talk to other Native Americans
 She was an interpreter.
 She traveled with Oglethorpe to help him
make treaties.

6.  Tomochichi was a nico (chief) of his own tribe, the Yamacraw.
He told other tribes not to fight the English settlers. He helped
them make treaties with other tribes. He traded for English goods. He
went to England with Oglethorpe. He asked King George for a school
for the Yamacraw children.

7.  The Native Americans taught the settlers how
to grow and catch food in the New World
 They ate fish, game, berries, corn and melons
 They baked bread over an open fire

8.  Log cabins
Where did the settlers live?
Settlers lived on the ship until they
could build log cabins for shelter.

9.  Settlers traveled to the New World by ship.
 Once there, they traveled by foot, wagon, or
canoe. Later, horses were shipped from
England.

10.  Settlers’ Clothes
What did they wear?
Settlers wore clothes made from woolen or cotton cloth. Men wore shirts, doublets or
jackets, and half length pants. Women wore long skirts, aprons, bonnets or hats. They
both wore shoes or boots that tied with shoe strings. Some clothes were made from
deerskin or rabbit fur for cold weather, and shoes or belts were made from leather.
Women sewed clothes for the whole family. Everyone had clothes for work and church.