Oglethorpe and Colonial Georgia: A History, 1733-1783
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (802 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0786422335 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 230 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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David Lee Russell works as an information technology executive and lives in Alpharetta, Georgia. . He is also the author of The American Revolution in the Southern Colonies (2000)
After shepherding the colony by establishing more villages and towns, building forts, holding off the disruptive initiates from the South Carolina leaders, expanding the territorial expanse and fighting off the Spanish, Oglethorpe sailed away from Georgia in the summer of 1743 under political pressures. But with a series of unpopular British legislative acts, the province was eventually pushed into open rebellion as the patriot spirit flourished.. There as the sole resident Trustee, Oglethorpe took charge of founding the Colony of Georgia at Savannah, the first pre-planned town in America. The colony languished until the Trustees surrendered the Charter in 1752 and Georgia became a royal province. He threw his lot in with 114 poor colonists from the streets of London and sailed aboard the Anne to the New World. Inspired by his successful campaign to empty the debtor’s prisons in England, Oglethorpe, aided by a group of fellow Members of Parliament, convinced King George II to grant them a charter for land south of the existing colony of Carolina. Through the often misguided, yet effective administrative of three royal governors covering some 21 years, life in Georgia improved as pro
R Steven Rowe said Good, detailed history of the colonial period. Good, detailed history of the colonial period. My only cimplant is that the boil needs more modern maps. The author tried several times to describe a geographic situation with only words, or with a period map. In most cases, the reader cannot visualize what is being described.
Convincing his king to grant him a land parcel, Oglethorpe threw his lot in with 35 poor families and traveled to the New World. There, he became the first administrator of the Georgian colony and founded the town of Savannah. This work tells the story of James Oglethorpe and of Georgia from its birth as a colony in 1733 to its emergence as a free state 50 years later. Appendices include the roster of initial settlers, the Georgia constitution of 1777 and a detailed timeline. . From the Inside Flap Many of America's first European settlers felt they were traveling to a sort of promised land, but James Oglethorpe viewed America--specifically, what is today the state of Georgia--as his own personal utopia