A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . taliation on the part of the Englishserved to inciease the difficulties of thecommunity. In 1742, General Ogle-thoipe made his unsuccessful attempt tocapture St. Augustine; and two yearsafter, the Spaniards invaded the colony,but were in their turn defeated. TheGeorgians were thus burdened by heavydebts, like the Carolinians, and by thesame causes, from which they were soonable to recover, in consequence of themore favorable circumstances in whichthey were placed by coming under theroyal government, as a colony of theking. This occurre
A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . taliation on the part of the Englishserved to inciease the difficulties of thecommunity. In 1742, General Ogle-thoipe made his unsuccessful attempt tocapture St. Augustine; and two yearsafter, the Spaniards invaded the colony,but were in their turn defeated. TheGeorgians were thus burdened by heavydebts, like the Carolinians, and by thesame causes, from which they were soonable to recover, in consequence of themore favorable circumstances in whichthey were placed by coming under theroyal government, as a colony of theking. This occurred in 1752. A general representative assemblywas formed in 1755; and in consequenceof the cession of Florida to Great Brit-ain, the country between the Altamahaand St. Marys rivers was ceded, muchto the advantage of Georgia. Symp-toms of increasing prosperity soon be-gan to appear; but the Cherokees, apowerful and warlike nation of Indians,occupied the western and northern partsof the territory; and several others werenear them; and a period of danger and. Pulaski Monument—Christ Church, Savannah. 25 386 DKSCRirTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. wars soon commoncod, which causedgreat 8iifieriim;s. and ti^reatly checked themcrease and extension of the settle-ments. During- the revohition, Georgia suf-fered in common with the country athuge ; and since the chise of that war,she has ceded to the general governmenta larger extent of territory than any ofher sisters, except Virginia, embracingall Alabama and Mississippi, north oflatitude 31°: about sipiare miles. The first constitution was adoj)ted inthe year 1777, and the second in latter was amended in 1789; andthe present was adopted in 1798. Thesenators and legislators are elected an-nually. A senator must be twenty-fiveyears of age, nine years a citizen of theIgnited States, one year a resident of thedistrict, and the owner of an estate offive hundred dollars, in the county, or oftaxable property of one tliousand
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