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King George signed the charter made by Oglethorpe to start the colony of Georgia
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James Oglethorpe and a party of settlers crossed the Atlantic Ocean in the ship Anne to begin settlement of the colony of Georgia
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a group of 42 Jewish settlers arrived in Georgia.
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A group of German Salzburgers arrived in the colony of Georgia. They were led by Pastor Johann Martin Boltzius, and established the settlement of Ebenezer.
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Fort Frederica was built on St. Simons Island
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The major Georgia-related event of the war with Spain occured on July 7 - the Battle of Bloody Marsh - where James Oglethorpe and a group of men, largely Scot Highlanders, repulsed an attempted invasion of St. Simons Island by Spanish forces from St. Augustine.
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On July 23, 1743 James Oglethorpe left Georgia.
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The Georgia Trustees officially surrendered Georgia’s charter to the British government - it was not scheduled to expire until 1753. Thus Georgia became a royal colony.
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John Reynolds was appointed as Georgia’s first royal governor
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Henry Ellis was appointed lieutenant governor in August of this year; he would assume the governing duties when Reynolds was recalled.
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James Wright was appointed lieutenant governor of Georgia in May, sailed for the colony and reached Savannah in October
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King George III issued the Proclamation of 1763, which expanded (though it did not precisely set) Georgia’s southern boundary
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