Colonial+Georgia

Georgia was found on Feburary 12th, 1773.** Georgia was one of Britain's Royal colonies. A royal colony is a colony that is under to king's power. Everything that happens goes through the king. Name of first settlement The name of Georgia's first settlement was Savannah. Founded by and reason for finding Georgia was found by James Oglethrope. Colonial Georgia was started to provide refuge for prosecuted protestants and military presence between the other colonies and spanish flordia. Economic activity The economic activity in the Georgia colony was plantations and small farms. Also, Sacannah was its largest export city. Georgia exported peaches, then they got into fishing and exported them too. James Oglethorpe When he was a boy, James Edward Oglethorpe's oldest brother and father went off to fight in Queen Anne's War Succession,never to return. The lessons learned by young Oglethorpe and the people he met would play an active roll in shaping the man and the colony of Georgia. After serving a short time as aid-de-camp for the English ambassador to Sicily and other Italian States, he returned to England in 1716 and was appointed Lt. Captain of the Queen's Guard. Lords Argyle and Marlboroughbrought him to the attention of Prince Eugene. he advanced from an obscure secretary to an aid-de-camp, that brought him into the public spotlight. Oglethorpe was noted as a philanthropist.** **Georgia's captial today** **Atlanta is the capital and largest city of Georgia. sources used for this page were: http://www.ask.com/bar?q=who+founded+georgia&page=1&qsrc=178&zoom=Interesting+Facts+about+%3CKW%3EGeorgia%3C%2FKW%3E%7CFacts+about+%3CKW%3EGeorgia%3C%2FKW%3E%7CWho+Was+the+%3CKW%3EFounder%3C%2FKW%3E+of+%3CKW%3EGeorgia%3C%2FKW%3E&ab=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.historycentral.com%2FTheColonies%2FGeorgia.html
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