Georgia Brief History

In 1732, James Oglethorpe founded the 13th colony. Can you guess which state the colony became? That’s correct, he founded what we know today as Georgia! Georgia was originally founded to hold prisoners that didn’t have room in the prisons of Great Britain, where Oglethorpe came from. The

Was the Georgia colony a success or failure? While the colony of Georgia was successful in defense however; charity and economy were a disappointment. In 1732 King George 2 granted a charter by giving named trustees permission to establish the Georgia Colony. Until 1752 the Georgia Colony had seen both dark and light moments; some of which include the construction of the settlement, the establishment of Fort Frederica, as well as declaring war on Spain. The corporation was made to be a charitable body, so none of the trustees could receive or buy land of their own. Also Because of the small amount of land everyone on the new settlement received there were several complaints about going into poverty and not having enough slaves or workers to help establish the colony. James Oglethorpe and 20 other trustees finally decided that they would do whatever it took to make the colony a utopian city.

Written by James C. Cobb, a distinguished history professor at the University of Georgia named B. Phinizy Spalding, Georgia Odyssey is a revolutionary book covering the state of Georgia from its humble beginnings as a colony in 1732 to the beginning of a new millennium in 2000. The book discusses James Oglethorpe’s original intentions for the colony, then through the ugly side beginning in 1751, when slaves were permitted into the colony. Slavery directly impacted the ever developing definition of American freedom, which is what Cobb conveys throughout the entire book. Personally, I had not given much thought to the reason of Georgia’s success as a state was because of the phenomenon of slavery.

Chapter one, titled “The Georgia Plan” describes how Georgia was colonized so those in the overcrowded debtor’s prisons in England had a place to go and work. Chapter one also talks about the influence of the Native Americans in Georgia the Spanish around them. Chapter two, “The Inhabited Landscape”, outlines the various techniques the settlers used for farming and growing food and their failures along the way. Chapter two also tells about the settler’s disappointment in the land because it was not the type of soil or climate they

I found this unit to very interesting because although I knew that each state had its own constitution I did not realize some of the similarities and differences that they shared. It is important to understand your states constitution because we have more contact with state and local governments on a daily basis than we do with the federal government. Above I made this table that visually shows us the United States and Georgia Constitution so we can compare and contrast them. As we can see the United States Constitution has seven articles and was only ratified once in 1787, while the Georgia Constitution has eleven articles and had been ratified 10 times with the more recent in 1983. Looking at my table I bolded the similarities between the

Both constitutions mandated the legislature select the governor by popular vote of members. The primary difference between the two constitutions is in the length of term, as the 1777 Constitution mandates. “The governor shall be chosen annually by ballot, and shall not be eligible to the said office for more than one year out of three.” Whereas the 1798 Constitution allows the governor to hold office for a, “term of two years, and until such time as a successor shall be chosen and qualified.” The 1798 Constitution does not provide any explicit statement regarding term limits, other than the governor serving until a successor is selected, but the 1777 constitution only allows the governor to serve one out of every three terms. The powers of the governor as laid out in the 1777 Constitution are minimal, focusing on calling the house of assembly, but only with the advice of the executive council. Though the limits imposed upon the executive differ, the most striking difference lies within the articles establishing the judicial branch in both

Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe in 1733 and it was the 13th colony formed. In 1742 Oglethorpe defeated the Spanish at the battle of bloody marsh. In 1743 he left for England and never came back. Then in 1758 Georgia was divided into eight parishes. Four more were added in 1765. In 1776 when Georgia declared its independence to British rule, the revolutionary state government made Savannah the capital, and an executive council was elected.

Before the twenty-one year charter was up, the Trustees were incapable of providing a stable government. Thus, bringing King George II, of England, into the picture, causing Georgia to become a royal colony. King George appointed John Reynolds as the first royal governor of the Georgia Colony in 1754. Then, with serious dissatisfaction with his rulings, the second royal governor, Henry Ellis, got orders to replace him, soon to leave to become royal governor of Nova Scotia. Closing the royal period,  Royal Decree appointed James Wright after Ellis' poor health dismissed him from the colony. The unstable government managed to begin the royal colonial period before the twenty-one-year charter concluded.

Savannah, Georgia was founded in 1733 by General James Edward Oglethorpe. He organized the city into grids and for that reason, “Savannah was dubbed America's First Planned City.” “General Sherman and his men marched through Savannah during the Civil War, and caused some catastrophic damages, however, they were so impressed by the city’s beauty that they spared it from complete destruction during the war. Savannah's Historic District was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966.”

The initiation of Georgia as a colony began with King George II of England issuing the Georgia Charter in 1732, sanctioning the land south of Carolina an official colony, along with its temporary governing board. Georgia, being named after King George himself, was the last and thirteenth colony to be developed by Great Britain in America. In February of 1733, the first town in Georgia was established atop Yamacraw Bluff and promptly named Savannah after the Indian River. Lead by John Oglethorpe, the colony continually began to expand. Exports were shipped out of Georgia for the first time in 1749, and, in the same year, slavery was petitioned for and granted in the

Arend argues the reason Georgia has been ranked #1 two consecutive years by Site Selection magazine is because of its work force training program (Quick Start), logistics infrastructure, and public education system. Semuels refutes this claims by pointing out Georgia has had the highest unemployment rate 3 consecutive months, terrible transportation, and decline in educational funding. Semuels provides details to these claims with Georgia having an unemployment rate of 7.2, while the national average is 5.8; even the Quick Start program does not help Home Depot had to go out of state to find workers to fill their positons because lack of highly skilled workers in Georgia. The state ranks 49th in per capita in transportation funding, and has cut the public education budget by 8.3 billion. Overall, Semuels does a great job of using statistics and citizen interviews to show Georgia really has a problem. Georgia is a great state for business mainly for the tax breaks cooperate companies get from the state, but for the workers looking for jobs it is really detrimental. Georgia thought lowering taxes would stimulate the economy, but it backfired. As Semuels points out, “It might be a long time before things get back to normal in

Georgia was founded in 1732. It was founded 50 years after the other 12 colonies and the last American colony to be founded. Georgia settlers did not come to America just to start a new life. James Oglethorpe wanted the colony to be a refuge, or a safe place,for the people to live and provide a military presence between the other colonies and Spanish Florida. Other men hoped the colony would produce spices, wine, and silk. These products were expensive

Georgia state representative, Valencia Stovall along with others submitted a resolution (GA HR 1795) to the Georgia General Assembly House of Representative on March 16, 2016 and GA HR 1795 was unanimously approved. However, we need your help in the next step.

Georgia has always been a state where family values and community issues are important in our society. Many people who live in the southern United States have always been for conservative and or republican values. This typically involves a christan background, and therefore, the people of Georgia should not support gay marriage because most people are Christians. Also there is a code of natural law that must be taken into consideration with regards to legalizing gay marriage in our state. The final issue that must be looked at by the state is how the gay community imposes their rights to our society based off of influential media. Georgians should not

My journey with the Georgian has taken many forms. First I began as a photo placer unsure of what photo placing was; then, I moved on to be a copywriter filling in for other copywriters; next, I was upgraded to a full-fledged copywriter; meanwhile, I had also become a fill-in designer for the junior school yearbook; subsequently, I lead of the design of the junior school yearbook; finally, I took responsibility for a section that had lost its head; consequently, I became a section leader.