When georgia was founded. Before settlement by europeans georgia was inhabited by the mound building cultures. In 1936 georgia became a constituent union republic and continued as such until the collapse of the soviet union. Its formation came a half century after the twelfth british colony pennsylvania was chartered in 1681 and seventy years after south carolinas founding in 1663.
The charter was finalized by the kings privy council on june 9 1732. B to create a military barrier against the spanish. An independent georgian state existed from 1918 to 1921 when it was incorporated into the soviet union.
In 1733 james oglethorpe founded georgia. In 1784 the general assembly had set aside 40000 acres of land to endow a college or seminary of learning. The colony of georgia was the last of the formally founded colonies in what would become the united states in 1732 by englishman james oglethorpe.
Georgia was founded a to provide a refuge for catholics b to create a military barrier against the spanish c to quickly make money for its investors d by quaker missionaries e as a haven for religious dissenters. But for nearly 200 years before that georgia was a disputed region with spain france and england jockeying for the control of land owned by several powerful indian groups including the creek confederacy. The colonys corporate charter was granted to general james oglethorpe on april 21 1732 by george ii for whom the colony was named.
The colony of georgia also created a buffer between the rest of the. Oglethorpe envisioned a colony which would serve as a haven for english subjects who had been imprisoned for debt and the worthy poor. During the soviet period the georgian economy was modernized and diversified.
At the first meeting of the board of trustees held in augusta on february 13 1786 abraham baldwin was selected president of the university. The british colony of georgia was founded by james oglethorpe on february 12 1733. When the university of georgia was incorporated by an act of the general assembly on january 27 1785 georgia became the first state to charter a state supported university.