Set 02: Colonial Period of Georgia’s History

In 1732, the British crown granted the Georgia Trustees a charter to establish the colony of Georgia in the debated territory between British Carolina and Spanish Florida. The colony was governed by a board of men called the Georgia Trustees from 1732-1752. In 1752, the Georgia Trustees gave over control of the colony to the British government and Georgia became a Royal colony. By this time, the original philanthropic goals of the Trustees had given way under the weight of harsh conditions in the Colony, and the colonists had fallen into line with South Carolina’s economic plan with production of rice, lumber, naval stores and indigo. This type of agriculture was supported by the lifting of the ban on slavery in the colony of Georgia in 1750 and the easing of land policies.

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A True Historical Narrative of the Colony of Georgia in America

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An Impartial Inquiry into the State and Utility of the Provinces of Georgia

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A Proclamation by James Wright, 1774

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Advertisements in the Georgia Gazette on July 01, 1767

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Account of the Exports and Imports at the Port of Savannah, 1773

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A New and Accurate Account of the Provinces of South Carolina and Georgia, 1733

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View of Savannah in 1734

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