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The Spanish had largely withdrawn from the territory by the early 18th century, although they had settlements in nearby Florida. They had little influence historically in what would become Georgia. (Most Spanish place names in Georgia date from the 19th century, not from the age of colonization.) Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe in 1732 ...
The history of Georgia is inextricably linked with the history of the Georgian people. [1] [2] Prehistoric period ... In the early 18th century, Kartli, ...
Georgia state capital relocated from Savannah to Augusta. [2] 1779 Town Hall built. [2] Siege of Savannah. [2] 1782 British occupation ends. [4] Georgia state capital relocated to Savannah from Augusta. [4] 1786 Georgia state capital relocated again from Savannah to Augusta. [4] Chatham Artillery established. [2] 1788 Town becomes part of the U ...
Colonial Georgia : a study in British imperial policy in the eighteenth century. Athens: University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820335537; Russell, David Lee. Oglethorpe and Colonial Georgia: A History, 1733-1783 (McFarland, 2006) online. Sullivan, Buddy. Georgia: A state history (Arcadia Publishing, 2010) online. Wax, Darold D.
Although originally banned from the colony upon the insistence of Oglethorpe, the slave population exceeded the free population in Savannah by the end of the 18th century (5,146 free and 8,201 slave in 1800). Little is known about the slave population of Savannah beyond what can be read in census information: between 1810 and 1830, there was a ...
Some key dates in Georgia's history: 11th Century - Georgian kingdom becomes politically unified under the Bagrationi dynasty.. 12th-13th Centuries - Kingdom of Georgia reaches its zenith during ...
Pages in category "18th century in Georgia (country)" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
A coalition of tribes, or kingdoms, located in northeastern Anatolia, that was formed in the 12th century BC in the post-Hittite period. It is mentioned in the Urartian inscriptions. It is usually (though not always) identified with Daiaeni of the Yonjalu inscription of the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser I's third year (1118 BC).