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