Colony of Georgia

By ashkon_35

  • Start

    King George signed the charter made by Oglethorpe to start the colony of Georgia

  • The Arrival

    James Oglethorpe and a party of settlers crossed the Atlantic Ocean in the ship Anne to begin settlement of the colony of Georgia

  • more settlers

    a group of 42 Jewish settlers arrived in Georgia.

  • the saalzburgers

    A group of German Salzburgers arrived in the colony of Georgia. They were led by Pastor Johann Martin Boltzius, and established the settlement of Ebenezer.

  • Fort Frederica built

    Fort Frederica was built on St. Simons Island

  • Battle of Bloody Marsh

    The major Georgia-related event of the war with Spain occured on July 7 - the Battle of Bloody Marsh - where James Oglethorpe and a group of men, largely Scot Highlanders, repulsed an attempted invasion of St. Simons Island by Spanish forces from St. Augustine.

  • Oglethorpe left

    On July 23, 1743 James Oglethorpe left Georgia.

  • Change into a Royal colony

    The Georgia Trustees officially surrendered Georgia’s charter to the British government - it was not scheduled to expire until 1753. Thus Georgia became a royal colony.

  • First governer of Georgia was appointed

    John Reynolds was appointed as Georgia’s first royal governor

  • Henry Ellis Appointed Governer

    Henry Ellis was appointed lieutenant governor in August of this year; he would assume the governing duties when Reynolds was recalled.

  • James Write Appointed governer

    James Wright was appointed lieutenant governor of Georgia in May, sailed for the colony and reached Savannah in October

  • Increase of southern boarder

    King George III issued the Proclamation of 1763, which expanded (though it did not precisely set) Georgia’s southern boundary

  • Independence from Britam