<P> Governor James Wright wrote in 1766, thirty - two years after its founding, that Georgia had </P> <P> No manufactures of the least consequence: a trifling quantity of coarse homespun cloth, wool (sic) and cotton mixed; amongst the poorer sort of people, for their own use, a few cotton and yarn stockings; shoes for our Negroes; and some occasional blacksmith's work . But all our supplies of silk, linens, wool, shoes, stockings, nails, locks, hinges, and tools of every sort...are all imported from and through Great Britain . </P> <P> Georgia has had five different capitals in its history . The first was Savannah, the seat of government during British colonial rule, followed by Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, and Atlanta, the capital city from 1868 to the present day . The state legislature has gathered for official meetings in other places, most often in Macon and especially during the American Civil War . </P> <P> Royal governor James Wright was popular . But all of the 13 colonies developed the same strong position defending the traditional rights of Englishmen which they feared London was violating . Georgia and the others moved rapidly toward republicanism which rejected monarchy, aristocracy and corruption, and demanded government based on the will of the people . In particular, they demanded "No taxation without representation" and rejected the Stamp Act in 1765 and all subsequent royal taxes . More fearsome was the British punishment of Boston after the Boston Tea Party . Georgians knew their remote coastal location made them vulnerable . </P>

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