Oglethorpe University History

The New England Colonies were made up of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. The Middle Colonies consisted of Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Both regions have a rich history, often overlapping, yet diverging at many points in history before uniting in the American Revolutionary War. Both the New England and Middle Colony regions have a strong European history, complete with conflict known to their originating countries.

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

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.

One of the most important events that had occurred in the state of Georgia that would forever shape its history begun shortly after the American Revolution. When the cotton gin was invented, Georgia’s economy had transformed into a cotton and tobacco based plantation economy. In order to keep with the demands of the economy and citizens, Georgia had adopted the Headright System. The Headright System granted every head of household large acreages of land, which would quickly replace the small farms in Georgia. Then in 1783, the Treaty of Paris had formally ended the American Revolution. Although the war had ended, the nation was still troubled with various issues. The state of Georgia would see shortly after the Revolutionary War that although the Treaty of Paris had given the Floridian territory back to Spain, they were to be left to settle an international dispute once Spain asserted their ownership of land east of the Mississippi and north of the Yazoo River. Georgian’s who were eager to purchase the large amounts of land found west of the Mississippi to either begin plantations or to sell lands to planters. This would soon cause the climax of much trouble in Georgia when state legislators and land companies would work together to essentially set the prices to sell the land in what would be known as the “Yazoo Sale” scandal, which would indirectly result in the Trail of Tears. The most important themes and trends in Georgia’s history from the end of the American

Along with the division between rural and urban plantation missions, in the 1830s and 1840s, concern arose among Southern churchmen after acknowledging that multitudes of districts in the Southwest had churches that could not contain even “one-tenth of the Negro populations; besides others in which there are no churches at all”. The fact that nearly all Southwestern slave states lacked Christian institutions before plantation missions meant that religion played little to no role in the lives of the majority of slaves residing within these boundaries. Even after missionaries brought the gospel to both rural and urban slaves at home, the prevalence of plantations missions varied from state to state. This deviation shaped the role of religion in the lives of black slaves depending on which state they lived and worked in. Although missionaries urged all slaveholders to actively participate in catechizing their slaves, since the plantation mission movement geographically centered in lowland South Carolina and Georgia masters and

Georgia being one of the last colonies to settle and unique among the colonies. It was set up as a philanthropic experiment and a military buffer against the Spanish Florida. General James E. Oglethorpe who served as a soldier that organized the defense and as a philanthropist who championed prison reform and sought a colonial refuge for the poor and religiously persecuted. Which Georgia having religious freedom brought Welsh, Highland Scots, Jews, and other gave the colony a character much like Charlestown. Georgia being a buffer against Flordia, the colony strived, but as a philanthropic experiment, it failed.The colony could not develop silk or wine like Florida did but instead exported rice, lumber, beef, and pork. By the eighteenth century,

This lead to something resembling an Aristocracy in Georgia, where the rich were powerful and stayed rich. These thing combined lead to low literacy rate because there were no public schools and the only people who could afford a tutor were rich white people. Also woman could have some power because they were valued very highly in the women lacking south. Also there were no close communities because everything was divided up into plantations. As time went on people stopped going to Georgia because it was almost possible to move through the ranks of society which many settlers found as a turn

This was sought out by Edward Oglethorpe, he had the mindset that people could go to Georgia and start fresh, but first he began a charter in order to call this land could be settled. Georgia reminds someone about the average lifestyle during this time period, the women stay home to cook, clean, sew, and take care of the children. There were known resources in Georgia and they were; indigo, wheat, rice, and corn. Some of these began to be traded to Europe along with lumber. The jobs consisted of farmers, doctors, merchants, and fur

The institution became very successful that the State of Georgia stepped in, and lea a hand with the school financial. The institution

American churches’ overemphasized on individualism, inadequate social theory and rejecting ecclesiology. According to Goen, it failed to provide a proper leadership in the issue of slavery, as a result, it forced the nation to turn to politics in order to confront this slavery issue, which in fact also led to war.1

The Second Great Awakening is a major and fascinating portion of America’s history. Thousands of people were thrown into a religious awakening, while others were dismayed at the events taking place during this time. During this awakening in the early nineteenth century, the religious culture of the United States was strengthened due to a combination of a new religious freedom and hoards of people heading to camp revivals to experience the new “revived and saved” phenomena. The years before the Second Great Awakening were filled with harsh religious limitations and an implied sense of what religion one should be. When it was decided that there would be separation between church and state, many worried that religion would fade out in America;

James Oglethorpe’s Vision: Georgia founded by O and unpaid trustees, wanted econ success, military/philanthropic motives, military defense on southern border against Spanish, safe place for the poor, investigated English prisons (disgusted @debtors rotting)

When settlers first arrived in the United States religious freedom was a priority. However, the freedom they sought was only extended to their own particular religion instead of universally. The entire community went to church and participated in religious activities (Source A). The entire society was based around the church and it’s teachings. The Puritans were the most prevalent

Most common among this colony was Baptist and Anglican. At times it depended what you learned because of where you live. Mass was also held in their meetinghouse. They would usually spend a whole day at a church due to them believing religion deserved dedication for a day. Only one religion was banned which was Catholicism. The reasoning for this being was the Spanish was mainly catholic and if you practiced it you could have suspected as a Spaniard. Another concern was that if there were ever a dilemma between the lands Catholics might sympathize with the Spanish. Solely on the fact for just having the same religion. However eventually over time it was allowed to be praticeUnlike the other twelve colonies that were led by a royal governor, when the settlers reached the colony James Oglethorpe was the only leader and governor for while. He eventually had to focus on more on defending South Carolina and his own colony from the Spanish in Florida. Although Georgia had trustees who ruled from England, Oglethorpe was one of them. Everyone worked to support their and their families needs. As far as education boys would learn from their parents or have a tutor. If their parents didn't teach them they would attend schools which were small because not many attended. Unfortunately,girls didn't have the same opportunities not even if they got older, only males had a right to an education.The southern colonies had a great advantage with the weather and plains. So agriculture blossomed and succeed. Tobacco was the first crop raised by the Southern colonies. On plantation slaves were the one to harvest crops like tobacco, cotton, and other natural resources. Also developing lumber, rice and indigo. They were sold as cash crops which were greatly profited from since transporting was so easy due to many waterways. Savannah,Georgia was were a major of the trade was made.The thirteenth colony was made up of now know

In a sermon delivered aboard the ship Arbella, future-New England governor John Winthrop declared that the new colony "...shall be as a city upon a hill” with “the eyes of all people upon us” (1630) . Evidently, Winthrop’s sermon held great significance for the colonists of the Massachusetts Bay Colony as this sentiment – that is, to be an illuminated, moral example to the Old and New World – remained foundational to the development of their lives in the New World. Thus, it is clear that religion was tremendously significant in the lives of the northern colonists –known as ‘Puritans’ or ‘Separatists’ – particularly in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries following colonial expansion into the New World. The colonies – Plymouth, Connecticut,