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.

Aliases (2)

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, Georgia (early colonial period) →
hasNotableMember	George Whitefield → James Oglethorpe → John Percival, 1st Earl of Egmont →
hasPart	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 →
inception	1732 →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
legalForm	royal charter →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	City of London →
motto	Non sibi sed aliis (attributed) →
namedAfter	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 (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
James Oglethorpe →	associatedWith
Province of Georgia →	foundedBy
University of Georgia ("Georgia charter of 1785") →	foundingDocument
Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America ("Common Council of the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America") →	hasPart