Georgia Colony Fondation Georgia was founded in 1732

Georgia Colony

Fondation � Georgia was founded in 1732 as a trustee colony and was named for King George II of Great Britian. It became a royal colony in 1752. � They established here to serve as a place where debtors, who have been jailed because they could not pay their debts could go to start a new and it served as a barrier against Spanish expansion from Florida.

Plan of Government �Colonial Georgia was a royal colony, governed by a representative from England (also called Great Britain).

James Oglethorpe • He was born on December 22, 1696, in London, England. • He went on to be elected to his country’s parliament in 1722, serving for more than three decades. • He travelled to America in 1733 and founded Savannah, the colony that would become Georgia. • Back to England in the mid-1740 s, he died on June 30, 1785.

Life in Colony � � Georgia was one of the most harsh environments for a colonist. Hot, humid, and like Louisiana, malaria infested. They grew tobacco. The life expectancy for a slave was really short. The first English colonists faced a wilderness plagued by insects, heat, and disease. Of the original 144 colonists, nearly one in three died. An annual re-creation of colonial life held at Wormsloe Plantation near Savannah presents an opportunity for us to observe the colonists’ way of life and see demonstrations of the skills needed to face the challenges of settling the new colony. A “colonial lady” explains typical parts of her dress. Other colonists demonstrate how cypress shingles were made, fires started without matches, and how a flintlock gun was fired. Life in colonial Georgia does not appear to be easy.

Economy of Colony � The economy was (in the 1700's[the official colony of Georgia had not been established until 1732, becoming the last of the original 13 colonies]) mainly based off plantations (growing both indigo and rice). Slavery didn't come until James Olglethorpe took away the ban on slavery due to constant complaints from the settlers. Cotton didn't come until later, when the cotton gin was invented (1793).

Relation with Native American � Most of Georgia and Georgians interacted poorly with native tribes. Georgia was originally a British penal colony, so the persons that met the natives were not of the highest caliber. Federal law, treaties and judges ordered settlers off Cherokee lands on numerous occasions but all were ignored. When gold was discovered, the state of Georgia declared war on what they called the "Creek and Seminole Indians". Georgians covertly provided the natives with blankets that had been exposed to small pox in an effort to thin their enemies down. Eventually, Georgia forced all native tribes on the trail of tears to Oklahoma.

Primary and Secondary Sources The Royal Charter of 1732

Primary and Secondary Sources �Georgia Colony http: //www. schooltube. com/video/1266 a 993 4 c 0949359940/