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  2. National service in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The 1792 Act did not classify the militia (set service requirements according to age, i.e., 18- to 21-year-olds perform active service, 21 years and up perform voluntary or contingency service), or make the provision for select units (active-duty units that might serve alongside the regular Army), or provide uniform and detailed regulation ...

  3. Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in ...

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    The Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America, or simply the Georgia Trustees, was a body organized by James Edward Oglethorpe and associates following parliamentary investigations into prison conditions in Britain. After being granted a royal charter in 1732, Oglethorpe led the first group of colonists to the new ...

  4. Georgia Militia - Wikipedia

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    The Georgia Militia existed from 1733 to 1879. It was originally planned by General James Oglethorpe before the founding of the Province of Georgia , the Crown colony that would become the U.S. state of Georgia .

  5. History of Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    1905 map showing colonial Georgia 1732–63 and surrounding area. In 1752, Georgia became a royal colony. Planters from South Carolina, wealthier than the original settlers of Georgia, migrated south and soon dominated the colony. They replicated the customs and institutions of the South Carolina Lowcountry. Planters had higher rates of ...

  6. Conscription in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In colonial times, the Thirteen Colonies used a militia system for defense. Colonial militia laws—and after independence, those of the United States and the various states—required able-bodied males to enroll in the militia, to undergo a minimum of military training, and to serve for limited periods of time in war or emergency.

  7. Colonial American military history - Wikipedia

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    Colonial American military history is the military record of the Thirteen Colonies from their founding to the American Revolution in 1775. George Washington in 1772 as colonel of the Virginia Regiment; painting by Charles Willson Peale

  8. Conscription - Wikipedia

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    A voluntary national service (Service national universel, with the option of military or civil service for men and women) was instituted in 2021. N/A Gabon: No N/A Gambia: No N/A Georgia (see details) Yes [135] Male Germany (see details) No (suspended during peacetime by the federal legislature from 1 July 2011) [136] N/A Ghana: No (abolished ...

  9. Henry Ellis (governor) - Wikipedia

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    Ellis arrived at Savannah, Georgia, on February 16, 1757, and, on May 17, 1758, was made royal governor. His administration of the colony was highly esteemed. Recognizing the danger posed to the colony by hostile neighbors, he established a treaty with the Creeks. [4]