Events
The colony's corporate charter was granted to General James OglethorpeThe charter was finalized by the King's privy councilJames Oglethorpe and a party of settlers crossed the Atlantic Ocean in the ship Anne to begin settlement of the colony of GeorgiaThe settlers then entered the mouth of the Savannah River, finally disembarking at Yamacraw Bluff on February 12a group of 42 Jewish settlers arrived in GeorgiaA group of German Salzburgers arrived in the colony of Georgia. They were led by Pastor Johann Martin Boltzius, and established the settlement of EbenezerA group of Scot Highlanders sailed from Inverness, Scotland bound for Georgia. They would settle on the Altamaha River, where they founded New InvernessFort Frederica was built on St. Simons Island.Tomochichi diedThe 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.James Oglethorpe left GeorgiaThe colony of Georgia struggled to find a viable, money making crop over the next few years, and gradually declined under the leadership of the Trustees.Slavery was officially allowed in GeorgiaGeorgia’s charter was scheduled to expire on June 9, 1753, but the Georgia Trustees had surrendered it a year earlier.John Reynolds was appointed as Georgia’s first royal governorHenry Ellis was appointed lieutenant governor in August of this year; he would assume the governing duties when Reynolds was recalledBritain officially declared war on France, beginning the Seven Years’ War (called the French and Indian War in AmericaHenry Ellis became acting governor of GeorgiaJames Wright was appointed lieutenant governor of Georgia in May, sailed for the colony and reached Savannah in OctoberJames Wright was appointed royal governor of Georgia upon the resignation of Henry EllisThe Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian WarThe first issue of Georgia’s first newspaper was publishedThe British Parliament passed the Stamp ActThe Stamp Act was repealed in February, though word did not reach Georgia until JulyJames Habersham assumed the position of acting governor while royal governor James Wright returned to EnglandTrouble continued to develop between those opposed to the policies of Great Britain (Patriots) and those still loyal to it (LoyalistsRoyal governor James Wright returned to Georgia from EnglandThe Tea Act was passed by Parliament. This act created a monopoly on selling tea in the colonies for the British East India Company, bypassing colonial merchants. Resistance to the Tea Act would eventually lead to the Boston Tea PartyRoyal governor James Wright prohibited any unlawful assembly to oppose British policy.the declaration of independence
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