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1 dzień temu · Georgia’s early economy was based on the slave-plantation system. One of the first states to secede from the Union in 1861, Georgia strongly supported the Confederate States of America (Confederacy) during the American Civil War.
- Spanish Exploration
Georgia - Spanish Exploration: About 1540, Spanish explorer...
- Climate
Georgia - Humid, Subtropical, Rainfall: Maritime tropical...
- Cultural Life
Georgia - Culture, Traditions, Cuisine: Atlanta is not only...
- Slavery, Civil War, Reconstruction
Georgia - Slavery, Civil War, Reconstruction: By the...
- Agriculture and Forestry
Georgia - Farming, Crops, Livestock: With the continuing...
- Brasstown Bald
Brasstown Bald, highest point in Georgia, U.S., reaching an...
- Okefenokee Swamp
Okefenokee Swamp, swamp and wildlife refuge in southeastern...
- Chattahoochee
Chattahoochee River, river having its source in several...
- Spanish Exploration
2 dni temu · As in the South, men of high occupational status and social prestige were closely concentrated in leadership positions in their respective colonies; in New England, merchants, lawyers, and to a lesser extent clergymen made up the bulk of the social and political elite.
3 dni temu · Those who actually settled in Georgia—and by no means all of them were impoverished debtors—encountered a highly restrictive economic and social system. Oglethorpe and his partners limited the size of individual landholdings to 500 acres (about 200 hectares), prohibited slavery, forbade the drinking of rum , and instituted a system of ...
5 dni temu · Irakli Kobakhidze: strengthening the Georgian diaspora, caring for compatriots living abroad is one of the main objectives of the Government enshrined in the 2017 Constitution of Georgia.
1 dzień temu · Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.It borders Tennessee and North Carolina to the north, South Carolina to the northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, Florida to the south, and Alabama to the west. Of the 50 United States, Georgia is the 24th-largest by area and 8th most populous. ...
5 dni temu · For a century after the arrival of the Mayflower, the Puritans who settled in New England controlled virtually all politics and culture there. Puritan institutions which sprang up in the seventeenth century include the Massachusetts General Court (which survives as the state's legislature) and Harvard College.
5 dni temu · Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America. Established in 1607, the colonists survived famine, disease, weather, and several conflicts with Native American Indians. Jamestown grew, expanded, and served as the capital of the Virginia Colony from 1607 until 1698.
