Georgia Colony
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- Georgia
- Established as a refuge for London's indebted prisoners
- Established in 1732 by James Oglethorpe
- Established to protect South Carolina and other southern colonies from Spanish invasion through Florida
- Georgia was originally all the land between the Altamaha and Savannah Rivers and extending westward to the south seas
- Positive relationships with Native Americans brought protection to the settlers, trade, and land settlements. This relationship became crucial to the Georgia start-up economy.
- Two of Georgia's Famous 1st Friendships were between Oglethorpe and Tomochichi and Oglethorpe and Mary Musgrove.
- An example of a negative relationship with Native Americans happened after the American Revolution. The Creeks were no longer viewed as partners in trade but impediments to the expansion of plantation slavery. Tension erupted in a civil war in 1813. This conflict became the battle in March 1814 at Horseshoe Bend in Alabama, killing 800 Creek Indians.
- Georgia made its money with natural resources such as fish, timber, and good agricultural land. Their main industries were sugar, indigo, and rice. Farming and plantations were also important economic success of the colony.
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