1. Georgia Colony 1. Boundaries 2. Limitations
Northern – Savannah River
Southern – Altamaha River
Western – Pacific Ocean
Eastern – Atlantic Ocean
1736 – southern changes to St. John’s River
No importation of rum
Trade with Native American regulated (need a license)
Ban on slavery
1. Administrator General
Wanted Georgia to be ideal colony
Always heard the colonists grievances
Never took a home or property
Fortified Georgia with Ft. Fredricka (St. Simon’s Island) and Ft. Darien
3. Religion
4. Foreign Dispute
For the persecuted Protestants, no Catholics
1736 – John Wesley tries to covert Native Americans
1738 – George Whitfield travels around the colonies giving sermons
James Oglethorpe
Georgia Colony
3. Parliament
Philanthropist
Interested in solving the debtor problem in England
Georgia was claimed by both Spain and England
Georgia Colony
1740 Invasion of Florida
2. St. Augustine
War with Spain
Savannah
Took 2 towns in Florida
Built force of more than a thousand to attach St. Augustine
Layout
2. Importance
3. Battle of Bloody Marsh
Broad/block streets
Similar to London
Used propaganda and deception to force Spanish to attack Ft. Fredricka
Spanish troops encountered English troops just south of Ft. Fredricka
Siege of St. Augustine for 5 weeks
Sickness in English camp forced withdrawal to Ft. Fredricka (St. Simon’s Island)
Where the Georgia Colony was established
Center for trade for colony of Georgia