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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1488318" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>Jan. 2, 1788</p><p><a href="http://www.history.com/topics/georgia" target="_blank">Georgia</a> votes to ratify the <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/constitution" target="_blank">U.S. Constitution</a>, becoming the fourth state in the modern <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/states" target="_blank">United States</a>. Named after King George II, Georgia was first settled by Europeans in 1733, when a group of British debtors led by English philanthropist James E. Oglethorpe traveled up the Savannah River and established Georgia's first permanent settlement--the town of Savannah. In 1742, as part of a larger conflict between Spain and Great Britain, Oglethorpe defeated the Spanish on St. Simons Island in Georgia, effectively ending Spanish claims to the territory of Georgia.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1488318, member: 1246"] Jan. 2, 1788 [URL='http://www.history.com/topics/georgia']Georgia[/URL] votes to ratify the [URL='http://www.history.com/topics/constitution']U.S. Constitution[/URL], becoming the fourth state in the modern [URL='http://www.history.com/topics/states']United States[/URL]. Named after King George II, Georgia was first settled by Europeans in 1733, when a group of British debtors led by English philanthropist James E. Oglethorpe traveled up the Savannah River and established Georgia's first permanent settlement--the town of Savannah. In 1742, as part of a larger conflict between Spain and Great Britain, Oglethorpe defeated the Spanish on St. Simons Island in Georgia, effectively ending Spanish claims to the territory of Georgia. [/QUOTE]
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