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.

Aliases (1)

State of Georgia (historical) ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colony → Thirteen Colonies → former colony →
borderedBy	Atlantic Ocean → Province of South Carolina → 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 → Louisville, Georgia → Milledgeville, Georgia →
legislature	Commons House of Assembly →
locatedIn	British America → Southeastern North America → Southern Colonies →
majorCrops	indigo → naval stores → rice →
namedAfter	King George II of Great Britain →
namedFor	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	State of Georgia →
trusteeGovernmentEnd	1752 →
trusteeGovernmentStart	1732 →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Colonial America → Thirteen Colonies → United Colonies →	hasPart
Province of South Carolina → West Florida →	borderedBy
Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America →	appliesToJurisdiction
Louisville, Georgia ("State of Georgia (historical)") →	capitalOf
First Continental Congress →	colonyNotRepresented
Commons House of Assembly →	country
British colonial authorities →	exercisedPowerIn
James Oglethorpe →	founderOf
James Wright →	governed
Commons House of Assembly →	jurisdiction
Commons House of Assembly →	legislativeBodyOf
Loyalist militias →	location
James Wright →	workLocation