Georgia Settlement

In this paragraph, it tells about the culture of Georgia. The first people that stepped on Georgia's land stepped on it about 10,000 years ago. Georgia is located along the Atlantic Ocean and is Southeastern in the United States.Georgia is roughly about 57,906 square miles and it’s population is about 8,186,453.The capital of Georgia is Atlanta and it was admitted to the Union on January 2,1788, also it was the fourth state that had been named.It is usually pretty hot in the Summer and pretty humid in the Winter. Known for its many larger cities which are Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Savannah, Macon, Sandy Springs, Marietta, East Point, North Atlanta, and Alpharetta. Its the youngest of 13 former English colonies and East of the Mississippi River.The motto is Non sibi sed allis which means , ‘Not for self, but for others.’ It means that don’t be so selfish,sharing is caring. It was the first state to vote against ratification of the 19th Amendment, which is giving women the right to vote.Georgia was found in 1732, at which time it’s boundaries were even larger.Out of any state in the South, it had the largest number of plantations. White males owning at least 500 acres of land could be elected and pass laws for the colony. The state grows many

Talking about charity, Georgia helped many people get a new life on it’s land. Georgia was roamed by many people from all over the world. People like Christopher Columbus and James Oglethorpe, helped Georgia be the best Colony it can be. Some Jews gave out some support to Oglethorpe’s

Women were very important to the colony in georgia ever since it was established. The women had to fulfill their role as traditional women. The task of men and women were complementary; there work required both labor and stability. Throughout the colonial period women came to georgia and settled with families and religious groups, or sometimes by themselves seeking a new start. They came to georgia as wives, mother, daughters, or sometimes alone as servants or slaves. The women were either English, Salzburger, German, Scots, Irish, Sephardic Jews, and African, after 1750, when slavery became popular. White women were hardworking people and the trustees admired that. But in a colony that was also intended to protect the exposed southern

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.

The article, “Economy in Colonial New England” talks about the economy in the New England colony, it says “In contrast to the southern colonies, which could produce tobacco, rice, and indigo in exchange for imports, New England's colonies couldn't offer much to England beyond fish, furs, and naval stores.” The New England colonies used the fishing and the construction of boats to maintain economically. They made soap, clothing and candles. Its exports fish, whale products, boats, wood products, furs, maple syrup, copper, horses, beer and whiskey. They had problems with agriculture, it was difficult to plant wheat because the quality of nutrients on the land was poor, but corn, pumpkins, rye and beans had better

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.

There was very little development of the industry as a result of plantation owners putting all of their money into their land and slaves. This resulted in little investment and was therefore the cause for little development. The little bit of industry development that there was resulted in Lumber, fur and Naval store trading. In the Middle Colonies the establishment was also partially economical, with the exception of Pennsylvania. Just as in the South these colonies were established to serve the mother country, however the agriculture was producing different crops, and the industry was producing fur and Naval supplies but not much Lumber. The agricultural aspect of the economy flourished because of the moderate climate which provided for longer growing seasons and also the rich soil found in the area. The main crops were Wheat, Barley, Fruit and livestock was also produced. These colonies were known as "The Bread Basket." Although mainly established for religious reasons the north also contributed to the mercantile system. The climate was cold ad growing seasons were short, the soil was rocky and it was hard to produce crops. However small amounts of Beans, Barley, Oats and corn were produced along with livestock. The main economic advantage in the North was the fact that it was in a good trading location and had good ports. This is why the

The history of Georgia and its reflection on the state impacts the health and well-being of its communities today as it relates to cultures and institutions. The population of African Americans is higher in Georgia than in the United States because of the transatlantic slave trade, which brought an abundance of African Americans to the state by force. The history of slavery still impacts African Americans today and causes many health disparities that can be seen around the world not only in Georgia. The obvious and tragic impact of health

The American Revolution marked the beginning of a new era for the colonies. The newly established states were met with a set of unique challenges. One of the challenges Georgia encountered was settling an international land dispute with Spain. In 1783, the Treaty of Paris formally ended the Revolutionary War and Spain was given back their Florida territory. However, Spain had also asserted ownership of land east of the Mississippi and North of the Yazoo River which Georgia had also claimed. Georgia was left to settle this international land dispute on their own. Georgia’ solution to this land dispute was to settle the Yazoo Lands. Georgia legislatures needed to ensure that they could quickly settle these lands and began taking offers from land speculators. However, the process by which these land speculating companies would acquire these lands would ultimately have a significant impact on the state of Georgia. The Yazoo Land Sale Scandal had many effects, yet one of the most significant events to indirectly come from this scandal would be the Trail of Tears (NGE: Yazoo Land Fraud). The most important themes and trends in Georgia’s history from the end of the American Revolution through the late 1830s are symbolized by the Yazoo Sale, its origin, and its aftermath.

I know this because in the article it states, “ They have a productive agricultural economy, with an ironworking industry.” Though, the Cherokees could just listen to the U.S and move so that the Cherokees could not worried about their own responsibilities. As stated in the article, if the Cherokees move than they would have to live under the Georgia

He proceeded from Savannah from Charleston, South Carolina on January 26th, 1757, though he did not arrive until mid-February 1757, carrying skills lacked by the previous governor. Lord Halifax, Head of the Board of Trade,  hoped to turn Georgia into a model colony, the dissatisfaction with Reynolds ruined that, and he hoped to achieve his goal with Ellis. The colonists greeted Ellis with such enthusiasm in hopes of a better start with this governor. He silenced all the horrible factionalism in result of Reynolds commands. Also, he befriended the Creek Indian nation because he realized  the weakness in Georgia due to the ongoing war between the French and French allied Indians, and the British, which led to concluded claims by Mary Musgrove, a trader and Creek leader after the long hatred between the Creeks and Georgians. To conserve neutrality amongst the Creek Indian towns, Ellis worked together with prominent traders, Lachlan McGillivary and George Galphin, during the war against the Cherokees in the winter of 1759. In November of 1960, Ellis' poor health forced him to leave the colony, commissioning James Wright, to come replace him. Then, successfully planned a takeover upon Cuba, then proposed giving Cuba back to Spain in exchange for Florida in a peaceful settlement, removing the Spanish threat towards the colony. Henry Ellis, also recognized as the second

It was just the beginning of the new world in 1607 when the first colony was settled by the British. More than one hundred years later King George the second granted a charter allowing James Oglethorpe and others to establish last of the thirteen colonies. Georgia, a Proprietary colony consisted of the land that was unclaimed between the Spanish and South Carolina. James's idea was to use Georgia as a place to send prisoners who owed a debt to the British to the new world since they were accumulating space in their prisons. The reasoning behind this idea was due to him having a friend owing money that he couldn't pay because he was in jail and dying since the prison’s condition were terrible. So they would have an opportunity to pay off their

As observed in the newspaper and as it is commonly known, the economy of Savannah and of the South, was mainly based on agriculture, primarily cotton, which was supported by the shipping and emerging railroad industries. There are many advertisements in the paper for the employment of ships for ocean and river distribution routes. The port of Savannah was very important in the exportation of cotton

The conflict between the Spanish and the English over the land between South Carolina and Florida lasted for nearly two centuries, but once formal hostilities began in 1739 - only six years after Georgia's Founding - the survival of the colony hung in the balance. A combination of defeats and victories preserved Georgia, but for a time the colony's preservation seemed a dim

Not to say that only one product play a role in the economy, but during this period, cotton was, figuratively, the ruler of Georgia. It fueled the growth and expansion of the state’s economy. However, with cotton being the most desirable cash crop at the time, the lack of diversity in the economic lifeline did not help when disaster struck and that was the only thing the city had to fall back on. The Great Flood had a devastating impact on the economy in early June. It led to an economic depreciation due to all of the property and crop damage. With the heavy rainfall that began