| 9/20 Jun 1732 |
John Viscount Perceval and others are incorporated as a "body politic and corporate" under the name of The Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America, and are granted a portion of the territory of South Carolina, which is erected and incorporated as a separate province under the name of Georgia, in accordance with letters patent (charter) issued by command of the King of Great Britain on 9/20 Jun 1732 (Georgia Colonial Records, 1:11-26) |
| 1/12 Feb 1733 |
the colony of Georgia is established on the arrival of the first settlers, as recorded in a letter by William Kilbury (Georgia Colonial Records, 20:8-10) |
| 1/12 Feb 1733 - 5 Feb 1777 |
Province of Georgia :: Colony of Georgia |
| 25 Jun 1752 |
the government of Georgia is devolved on the King of Great Britain in accordance with a proclamation issued by the Lords Justices on 25 Jun 1752 at Whitehall, following the surrender of the charter of Georgia by the indenture of grant and surrender signed by the Trustees on 20 Jun 1752 (London Gazette, No. 9180, 30 Jun - 4 Jul 1752, p. 1) [1] |
| 12 Jun 1776 |
the references to the King of Great Britain in judicial documents are replaced with the references to the Province of Georgia in accordance with a statement of the Provincial Congress of Georgia of 12 Jun 1776 (Coleman, p. 77) |
| 4 Jul 1776 |
the British colonies represented in the Continental Congress are proclaimed free and independent states in accordance with a declaration approved at the session of the Congress held on 4 Jul 1776 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Continental Congress Journals, 5:510-515) |
| 10 Aug 1776 |
the Declaration of Independence, approved by the Continental Congress, is proclaimed at a public ceremony held in Savannah on 10 Aug 1776 (Connecticut Gazette and the Universal Intelligencer, No. 676, 25 Oct 1776, p. 2) |
