2. Colonial Georgia
• Georgia was the 13th Colony
• Founded on June 9th 1732 by James Edward
Oglethorpe under commission of King George II
• Six Ships with 116 Colonists landed at
Yamacraw Bluffs on Feb 12, 1733 and set up
what would later become Savannah
• Local Native American Tribes were Cherokee,
Muskegee (Creek), Chickasaw, Ocmulgee,
Etowah and Nachoochee
3. Oglethorpe and The Indians
U.S. Capital Rotunda frieze by Filippo Costaggini (1880-1889)
4. A view of Savannah Georgia March 29, 1734A view of Savannah Georgia March 29, 1734
5. Georgia Facts
• Named after King George II
• The King Wanted a Buffer between South
Carolina and Spanish Florida
• Oglethorpe was the First Governor of Georgia
• Local Economy Fact??
• Started as slave free colony but later decided to
allow slavery
• Government of Colony fact??
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7. Georgia in American Revolution
• 4th State to Ratify the Constitution
• Least Populated State at the Time
• Of the 50,000 inhabitants, half were slaves
• Georgians signing The Declaration of
Independence were: Button Gwinnett, Lyman
Hall and George Walton.
• In 1778 Savannah was captured by the British.
Oglethorpe and the Indians James Oglethorpe, founder of Georgia Colony and first Georgia governor, is shown with the Muskogee (Creek) leaders in Savannah, Georgia. The Muskogee present Oglethorpe with a buffalo skin with an eagle in the center, a symbol of friendship and trust.
