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er letters patent from the crown......Oct. 30, 1754 First General Assembly of freeholders of estates of not less than 500 acres, meets at Savannah......Jan. 7, 1755 Governor assents to twelve acts of Assembly; the second was for issuing £ 3,000 in paper bills of credit......March 7, 1755 Two transports arrive at Savannah with about 400 Acadians, banished from Nova Scotia. As Papists could not remain in Georgia under charter, they were sent to South Carolina the next spring......December, 1755 By machinations of his secretary, William Little, Governor Reynolds is charged with maladministration and resigns office to Henry Ellis, elected lieutenant-governor......Feb. 16, 1757 Treaty of peace with council of upper and lower Creeks by Lieutenant-Governor Ellis......Nov. 3, 1757 Georgia divided into eight parishes, and Church of England worship established......March 17, 1758 Islands of Ossabaw, St. Catharine, and Sapelo formally ceded to England by Creek nation......Ap