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The Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America, or simply the Georgia Trustees, was a body organized by James Edward Oglethorpe and associates following parliamentary investigations into prison conditions in Britain. After being granted a royal charter in 1732, Oglethorpe led the first group of colonists to the new ...
Trustee Georgia is the name of the period covering the first twenty years of Georgia history, from 1732–1752, because during that time the English Province of Georgia was governed by a board of trustees.
Interregnum under revolutionary control from 1776 until 1778; see List of governors of Georgia (7) General Sir Archibald Campbell: governor: 29 December 1778: July 1779: Head of military administration [2] (8) Jacques Prevost: Provisional governor: July 1779: September 1779 (9) Lieutenant Colonel James Wright: Governor: September 1779: 11 July 1782
Parliament's authority over the colonies was unclear and controversial in the 18th century. [11] As English government evolved from government by the Crown toward government in the name of the Crown (the King-in-Parliament), [12] the convention that the colonies were ruled solely by the monarch gave way to greater involvement of Parliament by ...
18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; 22nd; 23rd; Pages in category "18th-century members of the Georgia General Assembly" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
These are lists of territorial governors by century and by year, such as the administrators of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed. For the purposes of these lists, a current dependency is any entity listed on these lists of dependent territories and other entities.
Lieutenant-General James Edward Oglethorpe (22 December 1696 [1] – 30 June 1785) was a British Army officer, Tory politician and colonial administrator best known for founding the Province of Georgia in British North America.
Pages in category "18th century in Georgia (country)" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.