Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America

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The Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America were a British philanthropic and administrative body chartered in the 18th century to plan, govern, and oversee the early development of the Georgia colony as a social and economic experiment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British chartered corporation ⓘ
colonial governing body ⓘ
philanthropic organization ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Colony of Georgia ⓘ
Province of Georgia ⓘ
charteredBy George II of Great Britain ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dissolved 1752 ⓘ
endCause conversion of Georgia to a royal colony ⓘ
fieldOfWork colonial administration ⓘ
economic development ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
foundedBy James Oglethorpe ⓘ
grantedBy Royal Charter of 1732 ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Savannah, Georgia (early colonial period) ⓘ
linked to: Savannah
hasNotableMember George Whitefield ⓘ
James Oglethorpe ⓘ
John Percival, 1st Earl of Egmont ⓘ
hasPart Common Council of the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America ⓘ
hasPolicy landholding limits for settlers ⓘ
prohibition of rum in early years ⓘ
prohibition of slavery in early years ⓘ
headquartersLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
inception 1732 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalForm royal charter ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity City of London ⓘ
motto Non sibi sed aliis (attributed) ⓘ
namedAfter Colony of Georgia in America ⓘ
linked to: Colony of Georgia
numberOfMembers 24 ⓘ
operatedInTheTerritory British America ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
operatingLanguage English ⓘ
purpose defensive buffer against Spanish Florida ⓘ
establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America ⓘ
philanthropic colonization ⓘ
relief for debtors and the poor ⓘ
replacedBy royal government of Georgia ⓘ
significantEvent first settlers’ departure for Georgia in 1732 ⓘ
formal surrender of charter in 1752 ⓘ
granting of the Georgia charter in 1732 ⓘ

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Province of Georgia → foundedBy → Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America ⓘ
University of Georgia → foundingDocument → Georgia charter of 1785 ⓘ
linked to: Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America
Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America → hasPart → Common Council of the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America ⓘ
linked to: Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America
James Oglethorpe → associatedWith → Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America ⓘ
Bethesda Orphanage → foundedUnder → Trustees’ Colony of Georgia ⓘ
subject linked to: Bethesda Orphanage in Georgia
linked to: Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America
Royal Charter of 1732 → grantedTo → Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America ⓘ
linked to: Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America
Royal Charter of 1732 → relatedTo → Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America ⓘ
Governor’s Council of Georgia → follows → Trustees’ government of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America
Christ Church, Savannah → foundedBy → Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America ⓘ
Colony of Georgia → foundedBy → Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America ⓘ
Savannah street grid → planningAuthority → Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America