Province of Georgia

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British colony Thirteen Colonies former colony

The Province of Georgia was the southernmost of Britain’s original American colonies, founded in the 18th century as both a buffer against Spanish Florida and a social experiment for debtors and the poor.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Province of Georgia canonical	35
British Province of Georgia	1
State of Georgia (historical)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colony ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ former colony ⓘ
borderedBy	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Province of South Carolina ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ surface form: Spanish Florida
capital	Savannah ⓘ
charterGranted	1732 ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
declaredIndependenceWith	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
economy	plantation agriculture ⓘ
endTime	1776 ⓘ
executiveHead	royal governor ⓘ
firstSettlersArrived	1733 ⓘ
foundedBy	James Oglethorpe ⓘ Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America ⓘ
foundingCity	Savannah ⓘ
foundingDateOfSavannah	1733 ⓘ
governmentType	royal colony ⓘ trustee colony ⓘ
involvedIn	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
joinedRebellion	1775 ⓘ
laterCapital	Augusta, Georgia ⓘ surface form: Augusta Louisville, Georgia ⓘ Milledgeville, Georgia ⓘ
legislature	Commons House of Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn	British America ⓘ Southeastern North America ⓘ Southern Colonies ⓘ
majorCrops	indigo ⓘ naval stores ⓘ rice ⓘ
namedAfter	George II of Great Britain ⓘ surface form: King George II of Great Britain
namedFor	George II of Great Britain ⓘ surface form: King George II
notableRoyalGovernor	James Wright ⓘ
originalBan	large landholdings ⓘ rum ⓘ slavery ⓘ
partOf	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
purpose	buffer colony against Spanish Florida ⓘ social experiment for debtors and the poor ⓘ
religionPolicy	relative religious toleration (excluding Catholics) ⓘ
royalGovernmentEnd	1776 ⓘ
royalGovernmentStart	1752 ⓘ
slaveryInitially	prohibited ⓘ
slaveryLegalized	1750 ⓘ
startTime	1732 ⓘ
successor	U.S. state of Georgia ⓘ surface form: State of Georgia
trusteeGovernmentEnd	1752 ⓘ
trusteeGovernmentStart	1732 ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

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

Thirteen Colonies → hasPart → Province of Georgia ⓘ

First Continental Congress → colonyNotRepresented → Province of Georgia ⓘ

Province of South Carolina → borderedBy → Province of Georgia ⓘ

British colonial authorities → exercisedPowerIn → Province of Georgia ⓘ

Loyalist militias → location → Province of Georgia ⓘ

Colonial America → hasPart → Province of Georgia ⓘ

United Colonies → hasPart → Province of Georgia ⓘ

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

Commons House of Assembly → country → Province of Georgia ⓘ

Commons House of Assembly → legislativeBodyOf → Province of Georgia ⓘ

Commons House of Assembly → jurisdiction → Province of Georgia ⓘ

Louisville, Georgia → capitalOf → Province of Georgia ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Georgia (historical)

James Oglethorpe → founderOf → Province of Georgia ⓘ

James Wright → workLocation → Province of Georgia ⓘ

James Wright → governed → Province of Georgia ⓘ

West Florida → borderedBy → Province of Georgia ⓘ

Siege of St. Augustine (1740) → attacker → Province of Georgia ⓘ

Battle of Fort Frederica → location → Province of Georgia ⓘ

Battle of Fort Frederica → belligerent → Province of Georgia ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Province of Georgia

Battle of Bloody Marsh → location → Province of Georgia ⓘ

Battle of Bloody Marsh → notableCommanderFor → Province of Georgia ⓘ

Battle of Bloody Marsh → britishColonyInvolved → Province of Georgia ⓘ

Battle of Gully Hole Creek → location → Province of Georgia ⓘ

Savannah became British stronghold → hasLocation → Province of Georgia ⓘ

Georgia militia → country → Province of Georgia ⓘ

Georgia militia → location → Province of Georgia ⓘ

Bethesda Orphan House → foundedUnderJurisdiction → Province of Georgia ⓘ

Anglo-Spanish conflicts in North America → involves → Province of Georgia ⓘ

Battle of Brier Creek → stateDuringWar → Province of Georgia ⓘ

Royal Charter of 1732 → appliesToTerritorialEntity → Province of Georgia ⓘ

royal government of Georgia → appliesToTerritory → Province of Georgia ⓘ

subject surface form: Royal Government of Georgia

Governor’s Council of Georgia → appliesToJurisdiction → Province of Georgia ⓘ

Governor’s Council of Georgia → location → Province of Georgia ⓘ

Governor’s Council of Georgia → governingBodyOf → Province of Georgia ⓘ

Oglethorpe → founderOf → Province of Georgia ⓘ

subject surface form: James Oglethorpe

John Houstoun → citizenship → Province of Georgia ⓘ

Button Gwinnett → servedAsGovernorOf → Province of Georgia ⓘ