Colonial Georgia Timeline

By Joseph Yoo

  • King George II

    Signs charter to colonize Georgia
  • Period: to

    Timespan for Early Georgia Colonization

  • First colonists discover Yamacraw Bluff

  • German Salzburgers arrive in Georgia

  • Colonists

    Build Fort Fredrica on St. Simons Island

  • Fort Augusta

    Construction begins

  • Defense

    Oglethorpe leaves England with 600 soldiers to defend Fort Frederica

  • Tomochichi Dies

  • Britain vs Spain

    Britain declares war on Spain

  • Battle of Bloody Marsh

    Oglethorpe's forces defeat the Spanish

  • Oglethorpe

    Is promoted to the rank of general and returns back to England

  • Slavery

    Trustees vote to allow slavery in Georgia

  • Representative

    Georgia's first representative assembly gathered in Savannah

  • Royal Time Period

    Trustees give up on charter, Georgia becomes a royal colony

  • French and Indian War

  • Governor

    John Reynolds arrives as Georgia's first royal governor

  • Georgia's First Slave Code Enacted

  • James Write Becomes 2nd Governor of Georgia

  • French and Indian War Ends

    Britain gives up claims west of the Mississippi

  • Georgia's Southern Boundaries Defined

  • American colonies protest over Stamp Act

  • Creek and Cherokees give up land (Wilkes County)

  • Georgia Split

    Sends no delegates to Continental Congress

  • Intolerable Acts

    Continental Congress agrees on not trading with England

  • Royal Government In Georgia Loses Power

  • American Revolution Begins