Table of Contents Preface ix Introduction 1 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 Crisis 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 Appendix A. The First English Settlers to Georgia 181 Appendix B.
Georgia Constitution of 1777 183 Appendix C. Colonial Georgia Timeline, 1733-1783 189 Chapter Notes 199 Bibliography 207 Index 211.