GEORGIA COLONY

FOUNDING

• Founded by James Oglethorpe in the year 1732.
• It was meant for debtors.
• It was also meant as a buffer to protect the Carolina's.
• Fun Fact: It was named after King George II.

GEOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS

• Georgia consisted of:
• Hilly Coastal Plains
• Lots of forests
• Plateaus

POLITICAL STRUCTURE

• The first governor of Georgia was James Oglethorpe, the founder.
• William Stephens became the president of the colony, but Oglethorpe was the military leader.
• There was a board of trustees, until 1752 when it became a royal colony and an assembly was elected by the people.

Economic STRUCTURE

• Georgia was supported mostly by agriculture
• Several important crops included rice, indigo, tobacco, cotton, corn, grain, and fruit
• They also exported lumber
• With the introduction of slavery in 1749, so came the use of larger-scale plantations.

SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF COLONIAL GEORGIA

• At the top were the wealthy land owners
• Next was the middle class, included the workers, such as blacksmiths and other craftsmen
• Then comes the farmers
• And below the farmers were the enslaved servants and farmhands