Colony of Georgia

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British colony Thirteen Colonies former colony

The Colony of Georgia was the last of the original Thirteen British Colonies in North America, founded in 1732 as a buffer against Spanish Florida and as a social experiment for debtors and the poor.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Colony of Georgia canonical 4
British colony of Georgia 1
Colony of Georgia (historical) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British colony ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
becameRoyalColony 1752 ⓘ
becameState Georgia ⓘ
surface form: State of Georgia
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Province of South Carolina ⓘ
Spanish Florida ⓘ
capital Savannah ⓘ
charterDate 1732 ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dissolvedAsColony 1776 ⓘ
economy indigo cultivation ⓘ
naval stores ⓘ
rice cultivation ⓘ
timber exports ⓘ
firstSettled 1733 ⓘ
firstSettlement Savannah ⓘ
founded 1732 ⓘ
foundedBy James Oglethorpe ⓘ
Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America ⓘ
foundingCharterGrantedBy George II of Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: King George II of Great Britain
governanceType royal colony ⓘ
trustee colony ⓘ
involvedIn American Revolutionary War ⓘ
joinedRevolution 1775 ⓘ
lastOfThirteenColoniesFounded true ⓘ
laterCapital Augusta ⓘ
Louisville ⓘ
locatedIn British America ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Southeastern North America ⓘ
monarchDuringFounding George II of Great Britain ⓘ
monarchDuringRevolution George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: George III of Great Britain
namedAfter George II of Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: King George II of Great Britain
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
purpose buffer colony against Spanish Florida ⓘ
defense of South Carolina ⓘ
social experiment for debtors and the poor ⓘ
ratificationDate 1788 ⓘ
ratifiedU.S.Constitution 2nd among the original states ⓘ
region Southern Colonies ⓘ
religionPolicy relative religious toleration (excluding Roman Catholics) ⓘ
signedDeclarationOfIndependence 1776 ⓘ
slaveryInitially prohibited ⓘ
slaveryLegalized 1750 ⓘ
statehoodDate 1776 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America → appliesToJurisdiction → Colony of Georgia ⓘ
Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America → namedAfter → Colony of Georgia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Georgia in America
Mulberry Grove Plantation, near Savannah, Georgia → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → Colony of Georgia ⓘ
subject surface form: Mulberry Grove Plantation
Southern Colonies → composedOf → Colony of Georgia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgia Colony
Battle of Fort Mose (1740) → opponentOf → Colony of Georgia ⓘ
this entity surface form: British colony of Georgia
Battle of Gully Hole Creek → involvedColony → Colony of Georgia ⓘ
Anglo-Spanish conflicts in North America → locatedIn → Colony of Georgia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgia (colony)
royal government of Georgia → appliesToTerritory → Colony of Georgia ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Government of Georgia
this entity surface form: Georgia colony
Governor’s Council of Georgia → appliesToJurisdiction → Colony of Georgia ⓘ
this entity surface form: royal colony of Georgia
Oglethorpe Plan → appliesToJurisdiction → Colony of Georgia ⓘ
City of Savannah, Georgia → isCapitalOf → Colony of Georgia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Georgia (historical)