The colony languished until the Trustees surrendered the Charter in 1752 and Georgia became a royal province. Through the often misguided, yet effective administrative of three royal governors covering some 21 years, life in Georgia improved as prosperity emerged. But with a series of unpopular British legislative acts, the province was eventually pushed into open rebellion as the patriot spirit flourished.
| 1 | Oglethorpe and the Georgia inspiration | 3 |
| 2 | The founding of Savannah | 14 |
| 3 | The Spanish and Georgia | 24 |
| 4 | A Georgia victory and charter surrender | 37 |
| 5 | The royal period begins | 49 |
| 6 | The Wright era and patriot crises | 57 |
| 7 | Georgia heads to revolution | 68 |
| 8 | A frontier war in Georgia | 78 |
| 9 | The fall of Savannah | 93 |
| 10 | Patriots regroup and D'Estaing arrives | 109 |
| 11 | Siege forces gather at Savannah | 124 |
| 12 | The siege of Savannah | 134 |
| 13 | An occupied Georgia | 147 |
| 14 | A fifty-year colonial legacy | 162 |
| App. A | The first English settlers to Georgia | 181 |
| App. B | Georgia Constitution of 1777 | 183 |
| App. C | Colonial Georgia timeline, 1733-1783 | 189 |
Overview