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=Georgia=

The colony of Georgia was founded by General James Oglethorpe in 1733 He wanted Georgia to be a debtor colony. A debtor colony is a colony that took people who had a debt to England out of prison, to live a better life in the new world. Georgia was also used as a boundary state that seperated the French and Spanish claims in the south from the other 12 colonies. Georgia was also a great place for growing crops and other farming activities. __**G**____**eographical Features**__ Georgia has many beautiful features of land and water. There were many different sizes of mountains that make Georgia look speckled from above. All along the coastline there are many marshes that tons of animals claimed as their home. Animals from ducks to huge alligators loved the marshes coziness. Also there were three main rivers. They were the Flint, the Altamaha, and the Chattahoochee River. The settlers in Georgia used these rivers as their main water sources. The Creek Indians were the largest and most powerful of the tribes. They decided to team up with the Cherokee indians to fight the English during the French and Indian War. The southern states defeated the Indians without a problem. In 1733 Georgia's first city was founded, called Savanah. Georgia was the thirteenth and last of the colonies. It was the fourth to agree to the Constitution. All houses in colonial Georgia were wooden with large brick chimneys.
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