One of the 21 trustees who established Georgia; founder and leader of the trustee colony.

• A. Tomochichi
• B. James Oglethorpe
• C. Mary Musgrove
• D. George Whitefield

Answer: (B)

The idea being tested is who founded and led the Georgia trustee colony. James Oglethorpe fits this role highest, as he organized and guided the establishment of Georgia as a trustee colony, helped secure the charter, and led the settlement of Savannah with the group of 21 trustees. He envisioned Georgia as a place for debtors and as a strategic buffer against Spanish Florida. While Tomochichi, Mary Musgrove, and George Whitefield all played important parts in Georgia’s early history—Tomochichi as a supportive Native American leader, Mary Musgrove as a translator and mediator, and Whitefield as a fundraising preacher—Oglethorpe is the one recognized as the founder and leader of the trustee colony.