THE GEORGIA COLONY

FOUNDER

• The founder of the Georgia colony was James Oglethorpe
• Him and several other colonist founded it in 1732, naming it after King George II

WHY IT WAS FOUNDED

• The Georgia colony was founded in hopes to protect the South Carolina colony from a war because of the French and the Spanish
• Oglethorpe also wanted a place of refuge for Protestants getting persecuted and for poor people hoping to find a new place to live

WHO SETTLED?

• A large portion of the settlers in Georgia were debtors in England
• Some of the earliest settlers included English, Welsh, Jews, Catholics, Germans, Italians, and Swiss, which made them very diverse

CLIMATE AND GEOGRAPHY

• Georgia had a warm climate which was great for planting crops with continuous growth
• Natural resources of the Georgia colony were trees or wood, good land for farming, and fish
• A downside of the warm climate though, was that diseases spread much easier and quicker than it did at places such as England

ECONOMY

• Georgia did good being part of the mercantile system by exporting various things like indigo, rice, deerskins, lumber, beef, and pork
• Georgia started to prosper from plantations as well, through the selling and growing of cotton.

RELIGION

• A lot of people came to the Georgia colony for religious freedom because of prosecution of Protestants
• In the colony, all religions were accepted, except Catholic

POLITICS

• The settlers of the Georgia colony had no control of government. It was ran completely by the trustees
• It wasn't until 1752 could free men vote and the people elected and assembly

CITATIONS

• Softschools.com/facts/13_colonies/Georgia_colony
• Infoplease.com/encyclopedia/us/Georgia.html
• Historywiz.com/Georgia.htm