History of Georgia

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History of Georgia
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James Edward Oglethorpe

• General James Edward Oglethorpe is considered the
  founding father of Savannah and Georgia.
• He brought 120 settlers to Georgia. This was
  the last of the 13 colonies. He also helped
  plan the
• city of Savannah.

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Tomichichi

• Tomichichi was the chief of the Yamacraw
  Indians.
• He greeted Oglethorpe when he first landed on
  Yamacraw Bluff.
• They became friends.

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Georgia

• Georgia was named to honor King George II of
  England, who signed the royal charter which
  established the colony of Georgia in 1732.

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Mary Musgrove

• Mary Musgrove (Interpreter) helped Oglethorpe and
  Tomochichi talk to each other.
• She also owned a trading post and became a very
  wealthy woman.

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Mary Musgrove the Interpreter

• Tomochichis interpreter was one Mrs. Musgrove.
  She understands both languages, being educated
  amongst the English. She can read and write, and
  is a well-civilized women. She is likewise to
  teach us the Indian tongue. John Wesley, 1736

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A Colonial Trading Post

• A colonial trading post - trading post was where
  colonist and Native Americans traded with each
  other.
• Mary and her husband moved the trading post to
  Yamacraw Bluff in 1732. The post, known as the
  Cowpens, became a major commerce site.

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Ship Anne

• "Anne" was the name of the ship that brought
  Oglethorpe and the colonists from England on
  November 17, 1732.
• They landed on Yamacraw Bluff in Savannah on
  February 12, 1733.

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Yamacraw Indians

• Yamacraw Indians lived on the land that we now
  call Savannah.
• They are part of the Creek tribe.

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Savannah

• The name Savannah is said to have came either
  from the Sawana people who lived in that area
• Or the name may be from a Shawnee word for the
  Savannah River.

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Colony

• A colony is a place that is ruled by another
  country. James Oglethorpe brought 120 settlers in
  the Colony of Georgia.
• The settlers arrived in
• Georgia February 12, 1733,
• to start a new colony
• called Georgia. This new
• Colony was the 13th colony
• in the new world called America.

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King George II

• King George II Georgia colony was named in honor
  of the king of England.

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HISTORYRevolutionary War

• England ruled America.
• In 1775 the people in America decided they wanted
  to rule themselves. They went to war with
  England and gained their freedom in 1783. On
  January 2, 1788, Georgia became the fourth state
  to join the United States.

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HISTORY Life in the Colony

• Life was simple in the new colony.
• People farmed and raised cattle and
• horses.
• There was lumbering and fur trade.

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HISTORY Revolutionary War

• England ruled America.
• In 1775 the people in America decided they wanted
  to rule themselves. They went to war with
  England and gained their freedom in 1783. On
  January 2, 1788 Georgia became the fourth state
  to join the United States.

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