Georgia Colony

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:abolishedSlavery initially
gptkbp:allowedSlavery after 1751
gptkbp:becameRoyalColony 1752
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:South_Carolina_Colony
gptkb:Spanish_Florida
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Savannah
gptkbp:charteredBy gptkb:King_George_II
gptkbp:charterRevoked 1752
gptkbp:containsSettlement gptkb:Savannah
gptkbp:dissolved 1776
gptkbp:economy gptkb:rice
gptkb:silk
indigo
wood
gptkbp:firstGovernor gptkb:James_Oglethorpe
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Union_Jack_(as_British_colony)
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:James_Oglethorpe
gptkbp:foundedYear 1732
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Trustees_for_the_Establishment_of_the_Colony_of_Georgia_in_America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Georgia Colony
gptkbp:importedSettlersFrom gptkb:Germany_(Salzburgers)
gptkb:England
gptkb:Scotland
Jews (after initial prohibition lifted)
gptkbp:initiallyProhibited gptkb:Jews
gptkb:Catholics
right
slavery
lawyers
gptkbp:joinedUnitedStates 1776
gptkbp:landGrantedTo gptkb:Trustees
gptkbp:landPolicy land grants limited to 500 acres
no large plantations initially
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:North_America
present-day Georgia, United States
gptkbp:militaryPurpose defense against Spanish Florida
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:King_George_II_of_Great_Britain
gptkbp:nativeTribes gptkb:Yamacraw
gptkb:Cherokee
gptkb:river
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Bloody_Marsh
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Mary_Musgrove
gptkb:Tomochichi
gptkb:James_Oglethorpe
gptkbp:notableTown gptkb:Ebenezer
gptkb:Augusta
gptkb:Darien
gptkbp:oneOfOriginalThirteenColonies yes
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Thirteen_Colonies
gptkbp:purpose buffer against Spanish Florida
haven for debtors
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
religious freedom (except for Catholics and Jews initially)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:State_of_Georgia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Colonial_America
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5