Anna Scifres Presentation for GAT

1. Georgia
by Anna Scifres

2. Colonial Georgia
• Georgia was the 13th Colony
• Founded on June 9th 1732 by James Edward
Oglethorpe under commission of King George II
• Six Ships with 116 Colonists landed at
Yamacraw Bluffs on Feb 12, 1733 and set up
what would later become Savannah
• Local Native American Tribes were Cherokee,
Muskegee (Creek), Chickasaw, Ocmulgee,
Etowah and Nachoochee

3. Oglethorpe and The Indians
U.S. Capital Rotunda frieze by Filippo Costaggini (1880-1889)

4. A view of Savannah Georgia March 29, 1734A view of Savannah Georgia March 29, 1734

5. Georgia Facts
• Named after King George II
• The King Wanted a Buffer between South
Carolina and Spanish Florida
• Oglethorpe was the First Governor of Georgia
• Local Economy Fact??
• Started as slave free colony but later decided to
allow slavery
• Government of Colony fact??
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7. Georgia in American Revolution
• 4th State to Ratify the Constitution
• Least Populated State at the Time
• Of the 50,000 inhabitants, half were slaves
• Georgians signing The Declaration of
Independence were: Button Gwinnett, Lyman
Hall and George Walton.
• In 1778 Savannah was captured by the British.

8. Other Georgia Facts
• Famous people from Georgia??