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Yale University

Avalon Project: Charter of Georgia: 1732

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides a full-text of the Charter of Georgia written in 1732. Includes link to webpage with links to other colonial charters.
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Activity
NSTATE

Net state.com: Introduction to Georgia

For Students 9th - 10th
This NetState.com article describes the events that led up to Oglethorpe's settlement in Georgia which include the obtaining of a charter from George II.
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Article
PublicBookshelf Corporation

History of Colonial Georgia

For Students 9th - 10th
An excerpt from Volume 1 of "Our Country", a book published in the late 1800s which discusses the settlement and growth of Georgia in the 18th century.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Southern Colonies: Debtors in Georgia

For Students 5th - 8th
Georgia, the last colony founded by England, was established for competing reasons. Read about James Oglethorpe's vision for a utopian colony, and find out about why that vision failed, but the colony survived.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Shays' Rebellion

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the Massachusetts government's handling of the crushing debt felt by the farmers in western Massachusetts and the resulting rebellion by those farmers.