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The Province of Georgia[ 1] (also Georgia Colony) was one of the Southern Colonies in colonial-era British America. In 1775 it was the last of the Thirteen Colonies to support the American Revolution . The original land grant of the Province of Georgia included a narrow strip of land that extended west to the Pacific Ocean.
James Oglethorpe. Lieutenant-General James Edward Oglethorpe (22 December 1696 [1] – 30 June 1785) was a British Army officer, Tory politician and colonial administrator best known for founding the Province of Georgia in British North America. As a social reformer, he hoped to resettle Britain's "worthy poor" in the New World, initially ...
Georgia was named after King George II, who approved the colony's charter in 1732. The conflict between Spain and England over control of Georgia began in earnest in about 1670, when the English colony of South Carolina was founded just north of the missionary provinces of Guale and Mocama, part of Spanish Florida.
The city went from 41st most populous city in 1860 to 62nd in 1880 (the first year Atlanta exceeded Savannah as Georgia's largest city). Savannah was the 86th-largest city in 1910, and by 1930 it was no longer ranked in the top 100 most populous U.S. cities. Savannah State University was founded in 1890 and is the oldest African-American public ...
The founding of Georgia is celebrated on February 1, 1733 N.S., the date corresponding to the modern Gregorian calendar adopted after the establishment of the colony. [4] Oglethorpe and other Georgia Trustees developed an elaborate plan for settlement of the Georgia Colony.
The British colony of Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe on February 12, 1733. [7] The colony was administered by the Georgia Trustees under a charter issued by and named for King George II . The Trustees implemented an elaborate plan for the settlement of the colony, known as the Oglethorpe Plan , which envisioned an agrarian society of ...
The Province of Georgia was founded by British General James Oglethorpe at Savannah on February 12, 1733, a year after its creation as a new British colony. [11] It was administered by the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America under a charter issued by (and named for) King George II.
Yamacraw Bluff. / 32.081111; -81.088611. Yamacraw Bluff is a bluff situated on the southern bank of the Savannah River. Now completely enclosed within downtown Savannah, Georgia, the bluff is most notable for being the site upon which General James Oglethorpe arrived to settle the British colony of Georgia. The area was originally inhabited by ...