Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America

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British chartered corporation colonial governing body philanthropic organization

The Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America were a British philanthropic and administrative body chartered in the 18th century to plan, govern, and oversee the early development of the Georgia colony as a social and economic experiment.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America canonical	5
Common Council of the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America	1
Georgia charter of 1785	1
Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America	1
Trustees’ Colony of Georgia	1
Trustees’ government of Georgia	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British chartered corporation ⓘ colonial governing body ⓘ philanthropic organization ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Colony of Georgia ⓘ Province of Georgia ⓘ
charteredBy	George II of Great Britain ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dissolved	1752 ⓘ
endCause	conversion of Georgia to a royal colony ⓘ
fieldOfWork	colonial administration ⓘ economic development ⓘ social reform ⓘ
foundedBy	James Oglethorpe ⓘ
grantedBy	Royal Charter of 1732 ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Savannah ⓘ surface form: Savannah, Georgia (early colonial period)
hasNotableMember	George Whitefield ⓘ James Oglethorpe ⓘ Sir John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont ⓘ surface form: John Percival, 1st Earl of Egmont
hasPart	Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Common Council of the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America
hasPolicy	landholding limits for settlers ⓘ prohibition of rum in early years ⓘ prohibition of slavery in early years ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
inception	1732 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalForm	royal charter ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	City of London ⓘ
motto	Non sibi sed aliis (attributed) ⓘ
namedAfter	Colony of Georgia ⓘ surface form: Colony of Georgia in America
numberOfMembers	24 ⓘ
operatedInTheTerritory	British America ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
operatingLanguage	English ⓘ
purpose	defensive buffer against Spanish Florida ⓘ establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America ⓘ philanthropic colonization ⓘ relief for debtors and the poor ⓘ
replacedBy	royal government of Georgia ⓘ
significantEvent	first settlers’ departure for Georgia in 1732 ⓘ formal surrender of charter in 1752 ⓘ granting of the Georgia charter in 1732 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Province of Georgia → foundedBy → Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America ⓘ

University of Georgia → foundingDocument → Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Georgia charter of 1785

Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America → hasPart → Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Common Council of the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America

James Oglethorpe → associatedWith → Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America ⓘ

Bethesda Orphanage in Georgia → foundedUnder → Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America ⓘ

subject surface form: Bethesda Orphanage

this entity surface form: Trustees’ Colony of Georgia

Royal Charter of 1732 → grantedTo → Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America

Royal Charter of 1732 → relatedTo → Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America ⓘ

Governor’s Council of Georgia → follows → Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trustees’ government of Georgia

Christ Church, Savannah → foundedBy → Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America ⓘ

Colony of Georgia → foundedBy → Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America ⓘ