James Oglethorpe played an important role in Georgia's history for 5 reasons: Who: Jame Oglethorpe is the well-known founder and leader of the Georgia colony. What: He, along with his friends were given a royal charter. When: The said royal charter was given to their group dating back in 1732. Where: The colony that they need to found should be located between Spanish Florida and South Carolina. Why: The charter is given to them to reach a goal and that is to found a colony. Once the colony was found, trustees would govern it to put it back under royal control.
In the early 19th c., the South of the country tended to oppose tariffs. As you may already know, the South opposed many things, slavery being the most important thing.
Being taxed, by the same government that would not allow its colonial citizens to hold government positions, for a war (7 years war) that the colonists had no intention of starting.
