1. Georgia Colony
By: Nicholas and Luke

2. Introduction It’s name is the Georgia colony It was founded in 1733
Edward Oglethorpe founded the colony
A reason that the Georgia colony was founded was to keep the Spanish in Florida away from English claims
It's settlers were usually people who couldn’t pay their debts

3. First People
The native Americans were the first to settle in today's Georgia
The tribes were the creek and the Cherokee
They both grew squash, corn and beans
They both hunted deer, bear and birds
The creek gathered oysters and clams
The fished for bass and trout
The creek built huts of mud and bark
Cherokee built homes of grass, bark and mud
Creek villages held about 1,000 people

4. Early Settlers
The Spanish people were the first to come to Georgia after the Indians
French and British traded hides to the Indians in the 1500’s
Spanish missionaries came to North America to spread Catholic religions but usually failed
In the 1700’s all the people in the settlement would be sent to jail if they couldn’t pay their bills
James Edward Oglethorpe had the idea to send people who failed to pay their bills to colonize Georgia

5. Life in the Colony Georgia colony had few schools
They bought rice, wheat, beans, and flour until they could grow squash, corn, peas and rice
They also hunted deer, turkey and geese
They fished in the Savannah river
They failed to grow grapes, olives and silk worms
They raised cattle, pigs, and horses

6. Life in the Colony
In 1739 a war broke out with Spain and great Britain
The war took place in southern Georgia and Florida
In 1742 Spain attacked Georgia and the Battle of Bloody Marsh took broke out
The battle took place near Fort Frederica on St. Simons Island
James Oglethorpe and his troops won the battle

7. Work and Trade in the colony
They farmed and raised livestock
They used indigo remove die
Traded with the American Indians, and the British
Indians would trade furs to the colonists and receive guns in return

8. More Work and Trade
The trustees made it illegal to have slaves in the Georgia
Indentured servants were still allowed
In 1779 the trustees changed the law and made slaves legal again.
Some of the major jobs were farmers, bakers, shoe makers, masons, and wood cutters

9. Exports Agricultural exports contain indigo, pork, and rice
Industrial exports contain pottery
Natural export are clay and lumber

10. Community and Religion
Some Europeans came to Georgia because they were punished for religious beliefs in Europe
Georgia had religious freedom
The major religions were Lutherans, and Presbyterian
Catholics were not allowed in the Georgia colony

11. More Community and Religion
In 1758 Georgia made the Church of England was made the official religion
The government divided the colony into 12 parishes each parish hade a church
The church kept track of everything in the colony
All people had to pay a church tax
The church tax goes to support the priest and the poor
People weren’t forced to join the church of England

12. Becoming a state
Georgia never sent anyone to the first continental congress but agreed to the conditions made at the meeting
British soldiers took control of Savannah
After many battles the American soldiers pushed the British out of Savannah
Georgia (colony)
(state)

13. State Gaining Statehood Georgia was the fourth state to be founded
Georgia became a state in 1788
Georgia became a state because it agreed to the constitution
State

14. Important facts
Georgia colonist were gave gifts to live their new lives each family were given passage to North America, tools, land, and seeds
Savannah was the first settlement in Georgia and was also the first state capital
James thought that alcohol was the reason for all the sickness so in 1733 Oglethorpe stopped rum trading in the colony
Augusta became a major trading place

15. Important facts Important
One Georgia law said that everyone had to bring their guns to church incase of an attack
Important

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