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

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    European Americans began to settle in Georgia, although it was territory of both the Creek and the Cherokee nations. They pressured state and the federal government to remove the Indians. After Indian Removal in the 1830s, under President Jackson, the pace of settlement by European Americans increased rapidly.

  3. Province of Georgia - Wikipedia

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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. [2]

  4. Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    Among Georgia's public universities is the flagship research university, the University of Georgia, founded in 1785 as the country's oldest state-chartered university and the birthplace of the American system of public higher education. [140] The University System of Georgia is the presiding body over public post-secondary education in the state.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Athens native Michael Thurmond writes book on Georgia's ... - AOL

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    And Thurmond’s own journey to understand the man who founded Georgia now ends with the written word. A book signing for Thurmond is planned in Athens from 3-4:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Athens ...

  7. Historic Cherokee settlements - Wikipedia

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    The Lower Towns in that period were considered to be those in the northern part of the Colony of Georgia and northwestern area of the Colony of South Carolina; many were based along the Keowee River, [5] including: the major towns of Seneca and Keowee New Towne; as well as, Cheowie, Cowee, Coweeshee, Echoee, Elejoy, Estatoie, Old Keowee, Oustanalla, Oustestee, Tomassee, Torsalla, Tosawa (also ...

  8. James Oglethorpe - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Rome, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Rome was founded in 1834 as European Americans increasingly settled in Georgia. Founders were Col. Daniel R. Mitchell, Col. Zacharia Hargrove, Maj. Philip Hemphill, Col. William Smith, and John Lumpkin (nephew of Governor Lumpkin); most were veterans of the War of 1812.