Which group voiced displeasure with the policies of General James Oglethorpe and the Georgia Trustees in the early years of Georgia's settlement?

• A. Royal Georgia
• B. Malcontents
• C. Salzburgers
• D. Button Gwinnett

Answer: (B)

In this period, the colony’s early rules under the Trustees were often seen as restrictive by many settlers who wanted more freedom to grow and profit. The group known as the Malcontents voiced that dissatisfaction openly, arguing that restrictions on land ownership and on slavery, as well as limits on trade, hindered Georgia’s growth. Their protests and petitions to the Trustees pressured leaders and helped push Georgia toward royal control in 1752, changing how the colony was governed and how its economy developed. Salzburgers were a religiously motivated settlement that largely aligned with the Trustees’ policies, Button Gwinnett was a political figure who emerged later, and Royal Georgia refers to the system of governance rather than a dissenting group.