PROVINCE OF GEORGIA

FOUNDERS

• James Edward Oglethorpe founded the Province of Georgia
• Over 500 years ago, The Province of Georgia was named to honor King George II

WHY WAS GEORGIA FOUNDED?

• Georgia was founded in 1732 to serve as a place where debters could start new
• It also served to stop Spanish expansion from Florida

WHO LIVED IN THE GEORGIA COLONY

• Many refugees and debtors lived in the Georgia colony
• Georgia had the highest population of slaves working on crops

CLIMATE AND GEOGRAPHY

• The climate was very warm, which meant the summers were prone to disease spreading
• Georgia was in a hilly coastal plain with lots of forests

ECONOMY

• The Georgia colony export agriculture such as corn and tobacco
• Other settlers made a living by trading with the natives or working on various trades such as shoemaker

RELIGION

• Georgia was not dominated by any religion in particular
• This lead to the growth of Anglican and baptist churches

POLITICS

• Georgia originally started as a type of utopia where people could survive by their own work and the government would be ruled by 21 trustees
• 20 years later, the people were given a chance at a representative government

CITATIONS

• http://www.landofthebrave.info/georgia-colony.htm
• http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/p...
• http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/colonialamerica/p/georgiacolony.htm