Colony of Georgia

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:area approximately 59,425 square miles
gptkbp:becameState gptkb:Georgia
gptkbp:becameStateYear 1788
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:South_Carolina
gptkb:Spanish_Florida
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Savannah
gptkbp:containsSettlement gptkb:Savannah
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Georgia_pound
gptkbp:dissolved 1776
gptkbp:firstGovernor gptkb:James_Oglethorpe
gptkbp:firstJewishCommunity gptkb:Savannah
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Union_Jack
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:James_Oglethorpe
gptkbp:foundedYear 1732
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:British_Crown
gptkb:Trustees_for_the_Establishment_of_the_Colony_of_Georgia_in_America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Colony of Georgia
gptkbp:lastOfOriginalThirteenColonies true
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:British_America
gptkbp:mainExports gptkb:rice
indigo
wood
deerskins
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:King_George_II
gptkbp:nativeTribes gptkb:Yamacraw
gptkb:Cherokee
gptkb:river
gptkb:Chickasaw
gptkb:Choctaw
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Bloody_Marsh
1742
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Mary_Musgrove
gptkb:Tomochichi
gptkb:John_Wesley
gptkb:James_Oglethorpe
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Thirteen_Colonies
gptkbp:purpose buffer against Spanish Florida
haven for debtors
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkb:Judaism
gptkb:Methodism
gptkb:Moravian_Church
gptkbp:religiousTolerance true
gptkbp:slaveryInitiallyBanned true
gptkbp:slaveryLegalizedYear 1751
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Province_of_Georgia
gptkb:Trustees_for_the_Establishment_of_the_Colony_of_Georgia_in_America
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6