Georgia 1732 P2

Last week I began talking about Georgia as it being the last of the original 13 Colonies. Groups of Moravians (Protestant Christians from the area that is now the Czech Republic) and other persecuted Christians and Jews soon followed the original settlers. 

The object of the devout Oglethorpe and others was “to make Georgia a religious colony.” Thus, when Savannah, the first city in the colony, was laid out, it was done with numerous religious activities and ceremonies, including prayer and a sermon.

Oglethorpe invited the Revs. John and Charles Wesley and the Rev. George Whitefield to serve as chaplains in the colony, oversee Indian affairs, and build orphanages. Whitefield spent much time in Georgia, but his influence steadily grew well beyond its borders and as we shall see, he had a dramatic impact upon all the colonies in the years leading up to the American War of Independence.   

Content Sourced From The American Story, The Beginnings by Dave Barton & Tim Barton