Editing Southern Colonies (section)

==Georgia==
The British colony of Georgia was founded by [[James Oglethorpe]] on February 12, 1733.<ref>{{cite web|title=This Day in Georgia History - February 1|url=http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/tdgh-feb/feb01.htm|access-date=13 November 2013}}</ref> The colony was administered by the [[Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America|Georgia Trustees]]  under a charter issued by and named for [[George II of Great Britain|King George II]]. The Trustees implemented an elaborate plan for the settlement of the colony, known as the  [[Oglethorpe Plan]], which envisioned an agrarian society of Yeoman farmers and prohibited slavery. In 1742 the colony was [[Invasion of Georgia (1742)|invaded by the Spanish]] during the [[War of Jenkins' Ear]].  In 1752, after the government failed to renew subsidies that had helped support the colony, the Trustees turned over control to the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|Crown]], and Georgia became a [[Crown colony#History|Crown colony]], with a governor appointed by the king.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-816 |title=Trustee Georgia, 1732–1752 |publisher=Georgiaencyclopedia.org |date=July 27, 2009 |access-date=October 24, 2010}}</ref> The warm climate and swampy lands make it perfect for growing crops such as tobacco, rice, sugarcane, and indigo.