Georgia Colony History

James Oglethorpe’s (1696-1785) initial vision of the Georgia colony was to provide a safe haven to the debtors of Britain. However, the trustees of Georgia envisioned much more out of the colony and stated that it was not only a haven for the unemployed but for the religiously persecuted of the world aside from Jews and Catholics, and the colony also promoted a slave-free environment; Georgia was to serve as a buffer zone and military fortress between the Spanish controlled Florida and British controlled South Carolina as well as bring great riches to the colonists of Georgia and the British economy through the production of luxury goods such as silk and wine (Document #1). The foundation of the Georgia colony was laid with such high hopes

During the Charter period of 1732, Georgia is a success because there was a lot of problems Georgia had to go through that made Georgia that good of a colony. In many different opinions, some may think that Georgia was a really good colony and a good place to be in. Was Georgia’s charter really a success? Or was it a Failure.To prove their statement, Georgia had charity, defense and their climate, soil, and land that makes Georgia a success.

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

There were similarities and differences in the economy of New england and the Southern colonies. New England colonies had small farms, lumberjacks, and shipbuilders. The colonies were near the Atlantic Ocean to help with their jobs. The coast helped the colonists trade. New England did not have slaves instead they used indentured servants to help with labor. These servants in a passage to the New World and after about 7 years they are given land and freedom. On the other hand, to make money in the South they would sell slaves to make a profit. The slaves did most of the work on their plantations. The slaves would do all of the work so their owners could make the money from the crops they grew. When they were traveling on the ship to be sold the conditions were terrible. The ship was very crowded and many of the slaves got sick. According to “The Slave Flyer” it states that they made sure the slaves didn't have smallpox because they would be able to sell them for more money if they seemed to be in good condition. They didn't care if they were not healthy they just wanted them to look healthy (Doc 8). Many people came to the South only to find gold. They only cared about finding gold so they didn't build houses or get prepared for what might happen to them. They just looked

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.

By the 1700’s, The northern and souther colonies had evolved into two distinct societies. This is so because the northern and southern colonies had different environments and also different reasons of settlement. The North was established for mainly religious freedom, while on the other hand, the south had been established for economic freedom. The climate also affected the different turnout of the north and the south. The north was much colder and so their soil was not beneficial for farming, so the people of the north found other jobs, while on the other side, the south had rich soil and the colonists there used that idea to set up huge plantations and farms.

Unlike the other colonies that England settled, Georgia was the only one ever founded thru Charity. According to author Kenneth Coleman who wrote Georgia History in Outline, “the

Due to the growing economic activity in the colonies both locally and amongst each other as well as all of the external trade, the local and colonial

Stewart writes, “A fundamental argument of this book is that planters used the environment and appropriated knowledge about it to reinforce their own class interests, and that slaves created counterstrategies to promote their own interests” (Stewart xii). This book proves that without slavery, the Georgia settlers could not have succeeded. They also used slavery to reinforce class systems. Even though slaves had more knowledge on the subject matter, they were not allowed to live as well as the settlers and were treated as lower than the others. Chapter three goes into detail about slavery and how the Georgia coast thrived due to slave help.

They were created for profit. When people started dying and no money was being made, the colonies quickly learned how to sustain themselves and turned permanent. The area was ripe for plantations and mass farming. Tobacco became the most desired thing out of the colonies, and it could be sold at exorbitant prices. As more people heard of the wealth in the New World farming, more people came to set up plantations. As such, more people were needed to facilitate the farming: Slaves. The British looked to Africa and gathered chattel slaves, who were prisoners; those sold out by other tribes, or even sold out by their own families. The slaves were loaded up on a ship, sent to the Caribbean, and then sent to the colonies to be sold. The profits they made would be shipped back to England, and the English would got to Africa to get even more slaves. This triangular trade became a huge portion of the New World economy. As the plantations grew in size, more people heard of the successes, and more people came. Not only did people come just by hearing of the successes, the government of Virginia established a “headright” system, or a provision that stated “that any person who settled in Virginia or paid for the transportation expenses of another person who settled in Virginia should be entitled to receive fifty acres of land for each immigrant” (Gentry). These incentives caused many people to flock to the plantations to try and make money. The ones who came and who had a lot of land had, like back in England, a lot of power. Aristocrats started popping up, gaining control of the areas around them. Following the English way, these aristocrats became the ones in control of more or less everything, be it land, government positions, jobs, etc. These aristocrats did not bother with schools in the Americas, of which there were very few in the south, and just sent their kids back to England to learn.

The Virginia colony, the New World’s first colony was established as a “joint-stock company” colony and was run by the “House of Burgesses”. The House of Burgesses was the first legislative body to exist in the United States. More colonies continued to be founded based on the need of “[t]rade and profits” for the country where the colonists originally came from (American Colonies). The trend of establishing colonies continued until 1733 when the Georgia colony was established.

Some of the reasons the colonists came to the Southern Colonies from the first place was to seek economic

Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe for relief for poor English in 1732. Was named after King George II of England.Original name of Georgia was the Province of Georgia, later Georgia. Georgia was the last to be established, 50 years after the other 12 of the English colonies in America. The British government allowed the charter to establish the Georgia Colony in an effort to help protect the South Carolina Colony from invasions of the French in Louisiana and the Spanish in Florida. The only religion not welcome in the Georgia Colony was the Roman Catholic religion. As James Oglethorpe served as the Georgia Colony’s governor for 12 years which slavery and alcohol were banned. The Georgia Colony’s major city was Savannah.

And its abolitionist and free thinking.Meanwhile, the south’s colony is characterized by the controversy of slavery and the cash crops they produced

eing deployed to the Republic of Georgia was an experience I may never come across again in my military career. Going to a country who is considered a second world country and located so close to the Russian border gave me a false impression of the country prior to even educating myself about it. Before even departing Fort Knox I quickly had to adapt not only to my surroundings but my peers as well. I was made platoon leader which I had to be in charge of 30 cadets some with even prior service backgrounds and phenomenal APFT scores. At first there were some bumps in the road but after a few days of getting to know each other and having a pretty good platoon sergeant things started to come together. This is a similar comparison to what it may feel like for a new platoon leader just arriving to