<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Lists of United States state symbols </Td> </Tr> <P> Georgia (/ ˈdʒɔːrdʒə / (listen) JOR - jə) is a state in the Southeastern United States . It began as a British colony in 1733, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies . Named after King George II of Great Britain, the Province of Georgia covered the area from South Carolina down to Spanish Florida and New France along Louisiana (New France), also bordering to the west towards the Mississippi River . Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788 . In 1802--1804, western Georgia was split to the Mississippi Territory, which later split to form Alabama with part of former West Florida in 1819 . Georgia declared its secession from the Union on January 19, 1861, and was one of the original seven Confederate states . It was the last state to be restored to the Union, on July 15, 1870 . Georgia is the 24th largest and the 8th most populous of the 50 United States . From 2007 to 2008, 14 of Georgia's counties ranked among the nation's 100 fastest - growing, second only to Texas . Georgia is known as the Peach State and the Empire State of the South . Atlanta is the state's capital, its most populous city, and has been named a global city . </P> <P> Georgia is bordered to the south by Florida, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean and South Carolina, to the west by Alabama, and to the north by Tennessee and North Carolina . The state's northernmost part is in the Blue Ridge Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountains system . The Piedmont extends through the central part of the state from the foothills of the Blue Ridge to the Fall Line, where the rivers cascade down in elevation to the coastal plain of the state's southern part . Georgia's highest point is Brasstown Bald at 4,784 feet (1,458 m) above sea level; the lowest is the Atlantic Ocean . Of the states entirely east of the Mississippi River, Georgia is the largest in land area . </P> <P> Before settlement by Europeans, Georgia was inhabited by the mound building cultures . The British colony of Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe on February 12, 1733 . The colony was administered by the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America under a charter issued by (and named for) King George II . The Trustees implemented an elaborate plan for the colony's settlement, known as the Oglethorpe Plan, which envisioned an agrarian society of yeoman farmers and prohibited slavery . The colony was invaded by the Spanish in 1742, during the War of Jenkins' Ear . In 1752, after the government failed to renew subsidies that had helped support the colony, the Trustees turned over control to the crown . Georgia became a crown colony, with a governor appointed by the king . </P>

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