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  2. 3 days ago · Georgia, constituent state of the United States of America. Ranking fourth among the U.S. states east of the Mississippi River in terms of total area (though first in terms of land area) and by many years the youngest of the 13 former English colonies , Georgia was founded in 1732, at which time its boundaries were even larger—including much ...

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  3. 3 days ago · After a long period of Turkish and Persian domination, Georgia was annexed by the Russian Empire in the 19th century. An independent Georgian state existed from 1918 to 1921, when it was incorporated into the Soviet Union. In 1936 Georgia became a constituent (union) republic and continued as such until the collapse of the Soviet Union. During ...

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  4. 4 days ago · James Oglethorpe: Georgia's Founding Father. James Oglethorpe is most well-known as the founder of the Georgia Colony, one of America's original 13 Colonies. Oglethorpe was born on Dec. 22, 1696, in Yorkshire, England. He grew up in the small Surrey town of Godalming, near London, and attended Eton and then Corpus Christi College, at Oxford.

  5. 18 hours ago · Province of Georgia, established as a proprietary colony in 1732; royal colony from 1752. The Province of Carolina was initially chartered in 1629 and initial settlements were established after 1651.

  6. 4 days ago · Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the British colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. A strategic port city in the American Revolution and during the American Civil War , [7] Savannah is today an industrial center and an important Atlantic seaport.

  7. 4 days ago · Sharing America’s story through Georgias history. Founded in 1839, the Georgia Historical Society is the premier independent statewide educational and research institution responsible for collecting, examining, and teaching Georgia and American history. Research.

  8. 2 days ago · Description. Emanuel Bowen’s map shows the full width of the Georgia colony from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River or French territory in 1748. Harris first published his atlas in 1705 and for the 1744-48 and 1764 editions added a chapter on the history of Georgia illustrated by this map.

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