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Apr 27, 2024 · The original Georgia Trustees, a governing body chartered and appointed by His Majesty King George II of England in 1732 to establish a new colony in North America, founded Georgia upon the principle of Non Sibi, Sed Aliis, “Not for Self but for Others.”
4 days 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.
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Apr 19, 2024 · Explore the intriguing story of Georgia's founding in 1733 by James Oglethorpe. From its idealistic beginnings as a debtor's refuge to its evolution into a royal colony, this video dives...
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3 days ago · The Province of Georgia was founded by General James Oglethorpe at Savannah on February 12, 1733, a year after its creation as a new British colony. It was administered by the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America under a charter issued by (and named for) King George II.
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3 days ago · British Member of Parliament James Oglethorpe established the Georgia Colony in 1733 as a solution to two problems. At that time, tension was high between Spain and Great Britain, and the British feared that Spanish Florida was threatening the British Carolinas.
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May 1, 2024 · Brunswick, founded in 1771 by Georgia’s Royal Provincial Colonial Council, was named for the ancestral home in Germany of England’s then-reigning house of Hanover. During the American Civil War the city was evacuated in 1862, but it was reoccupied the following year by the Confederates, who repulsed the only Union attack on it.
