welcome to georgia

james oglethorpe

• Founder of the State of Georgia, member of the English government and a British generalOriginally founded the state a safe place for London’s prisoners
• Founder of the State of Georgia, member of the English government and a British general
• Established Georgia in 1732 to protect South Carolina and other southern colonies from a Spanish invasion through Florida.
• Originally he founded the state a safe place for London's poor prisoners

georgia HIStory

• The largest of the U.S. states east of the Mississippi River
• Georgia had the greatest number of plantations of any state in the South
• The state's capital is Atlanta
• It was much larger than it is today

Region

Geography

• There are three main rivers in the state
• Chattoochee, west point, and lake sidney

Economy

• cotton and tobacco were some of the main crops
• Rice, oranges and indigo were also important to the state
• These crops were grown by slaves

climate

• hilly coastal plains with a lot of forests
• warmest of the southern colonies
• mild winter, crops grown all year around
• humid summers gave rise to many diseases

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