1. History of
Georgia

2. James Edward Oglethorpe
General James Edward Oglethorpe is considered the founding father of Savannah, Augusta, and Georgia.
He brought 120 settlers to Georgia. This was the last of the 13 colonies. He also helped plan the city of Savannah.

3. Tomichichi Tomichichi was the chief of the Yamacraw Indians.
He greeted Oglethorpe when he first landed on Yamacraw Bluff.
They became friends.

4. Georgia
King George II signed the royal charter which established the colony of Georgia in 1732.

5. King George II
Georgia colony was named in honor of King George II, the king of England.

6. Ship "Anne"
"Anne" was the name of the ship that brought Oglethorpe and the colonists from England on November 17, 1732.
They landed on Yamacraw Bluff in Savannah on February 12, 1733.

7. Yamacraw Bluff
Yamacraw Bluff is located in Savannah on the Savannah River. It is where the settlers and Oglethorpe landed in Yamacraw was the name of a tribe of Indians that lived there.
These monuments mark
the spot where Oglethorpe
landed with the first
Georgia Colonists.

8. Colony of Georgia
A colony is a place that is ruled by another country. James Oglethorpe brought 120 settlers to the Colony of Georgia.
The settlers arrived in
Georgia February 12, 1733,
to start a new colony
called Georgia. This new
Colony was the 13th colony
in the new world called America.

9. Yamacraw Indians
Yamacraw Indians lived on the land that we now call Savannah.
They are part of the Creek tribe.

10. Mary Musgrove Mary and John Musgrove
Mary Musgrove (Interpreter) helped Oglethorpe and Tomochichi talk to each other.
She also owned a trading post and became a very wealthy woman.
Mary and
John Musgrove

11. A Colonial Trading Post
A colonial trading post -A trading post was a store where colonist and Native Americans traded with each other.
Mary and her husband moved their trading post to Yamacraw Bluff in The post, known as the Cowpens, became a successful business.

12. Life in the Colony Life was simple in the new colony.
People farmed and raised cattle and
horses.
There was lumbering and fur trade.

13. Native Americans in Georgia:
Before the White Settlers
Cherokee Indians
live in North Georgia.
Creek Indians
lived in South
Georgia.

14. THE END