Georgia

- Georgia was the last of the Royal Colonies. - Savannah, Georgia was founded in 1733. - Alcohol was also banned in the early colony times.
 * Date Founded || 1732 ||
 * Founded By || James Oglethorpe ||
 * Purpose of colony(Reason for founding the colony) || Served as a place for prisoners who were in debt to go to start over, and also as a barrier to prevent the Spanish from expanding into British territory. ||
 * Type of Colony || Originally a proprietary colony but eventually became a crown colony. ||
 * Primary Economic Activities || Rice was the number one export. Indigo was also very successful. Georgia exported timber as well. ||
 * Major Events/People/Key Ideas || - From 1735-1750 slavery was banned.

Famous People: - James Oglethorpe - John and Charles Wesley, important people in the Methodist movement - Archibald Bulloch, important lawyer, soldier, and statesman; Theodore Roosevelt's great-great-grandfather ||
 * Date it became a Royal Colony || 1752 ||





Sources: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/indigo http://www.gpb.org/georgiastories/story/georgias_major_export_rice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Georgia http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/royal-georgia-1752-1776 http://www.celebrateboston.com/history/georgia.htm http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/colonialamerica/p/georgiacolony.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Bulloch

Emily Lewis and Tori Gwynn