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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 3 3 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 2 2 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Georgia, (search)
orgia became a royal province, with privileges similar to the others. A General Assembly was established in 1755, and in 1763 all the lands between the Savannah and St. Mary rivers were, by royal proclamation, annexed to Georgia. The colony prospered from the time of the transfer to the crown. The Georgians sympathized with their Northern brethren in their political grievances, and bore a conspicuous part in the war for independence. A State constitution was adopted by a convention on Feb. 5, 1777, and Georgia took its place among the independent States of the Union, with Button Gwinnett (q. v.), one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, as acting governor. Under the King's charter for planting the new colony, there were twenty-one trustees. Lord (Viscount) Perceval was chosen president of the trustees, and a code of regulations for the colony, with agreements and stipulations, was speedily prepared. The title of the association was, Trustees for Settling and Esta
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State government. (search)
ongress in favor of absolute independence of Great Britain. The recommendation was generally followed, but not without opposition. New Hampshire had prepared a temporary State government in January, 1776. The royal charters of Rhode Island and Connecticut were considered sufficient for independent local self-government. New Jersey adopted a State constitution July 2, 1776; Virginia, July 5; Pennsylvania, July 15; Maryland, Aug. 14; Delaware, Sept. 20; North Carolina, Dec. 18: Georgia, Feb. 5, 1777; New York, April 20; South Carolina, March 19, 1778; and Massachusetts, March 2, 1780. For all practical purposes—even to the extent of alterations of the constitutions, except in a few States where different provisions were made—the supreme power was vested in the respective legislatures, which, excepting Pennsylvania and Georgia, consisted of two branches. The more numerous branch retained the name it had borne in colonial times. In Massachusetts and other States it was the House o
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Georgia, (search)
in Georgia......March, 1776 Temporary constitution ratified by Provincial Congress......April 15, 1776 Declaration of Independence signed by Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett, and George Walton, members from Georgia......July 3, 1776 Declaration of Independence received in Savannah; read by Archibald Bullock at liberty-pole, and acknowledged by national salute......Aug. 8, 1776 First constitution of Georgia ratified in convention; parishes abolished and counties erected instead......Feb. 5, 1777 Fort McIntosh on St. Illa River surrendered to British......Feb. 17, 1777 President Bullock invested with the executive power, with assistance of five persons of his own choosing......Feb. 22, 1777 Mr. Bullock dying within a month, is succeeded by Button Gwinnett, who was soon after killed in a duel with General McIntosh......March 4, 1777 Act of attainder of enemies of American liberty as traitors, and confiscating their estates, passes the Assembly......March 1, 1778 Exe