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Georgia's government
Twenty trustees received funding from Parliament and a charter from the King, issued in June 1732.
The charter granted the trustees the powers of a corporation; they could elect their own governing body, make land grants, and enact their own laws and taxes. -
Georgia was found
James Oglethorpe founded Georgia. He was looking for someone to have imprisoned people to be free -
Georgia became one of 13 colonies
In 1733, Georgia became the last of the original 13 British colonies in North America -
Preaching to colonist in Georgia
John Wesley, founder of the Methodist Church, came to Savannah in 1735 to preach to the colonists and convert American Indians. -
Slaves in Georgia
in 1749, Georgia allowed slaves.
There was work that needed to be done, so there was no choice but to get slaves to do labor. -
Becoming a royal colony
By 1775 Georgia was governed as a Royal Colony.
Georgia had a colony governed directly by the crown through a governor and council appointed by it -
Georgia as a state
1/7/1778 Georgia became a state,
After American independence had been won, Georgia was the first Southern state to ratify (1788) the Constitution. -
Joining the confederate
February 1861, Georgia seceded from the Union and joined other Southern states to form the Confederate States of America.
