What was the trustee period about?

Trustee Georgia is the name of the period covering the first twenty years of Georgia history, from 1732-1752, because during that time the English Province of Georgia was governed by a Board of Trustees.

"The Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America, or simply the Georgia Trustees, was organized by James Edward Oglethorpe and associates following Parliamentary investigations into prison conditions in Britain.