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Around Savannah a planter class had taken root and grew with the success of their cotton and rice crops. These elitist planters derogatorily called the farmer class in North Georgia "crackers" because their wheat and corn crops had to be "cracked" (milled) prior to consumption. The tall coastal pines yielded lumber, which became a major export by the 1760's. One large consumer was the shipbuilding industries in the Caribbean Islands, whose sugar exports help pay for the lumber. When the Sugar Act was passed in 1764 Georgians appeared concerned not so much with the tax, but with the sale of lumber to a major customer.
The Stamp Act of 1765 brought the first true rift between loyalist and colonist in Georgia. England saw the colonies as a part of the mother country, populated by Englishmen, and Parliament serves all Englishmen, not just those in England. Colonists saw a mother country out of control. Heady from the defeat of the Spanish and French, and recognized as the pre-eminent world power, the colonists see an England that begins to extract more from the colonies abroad and less from English at home. And the fact that the colonists, as loyal Englishmen, no longer enjoyed the privilege of electing members of Parliament does not sit well with many men. Most colonists and many others around the world saw King George III as incapable.
Stamp Act Stamp
The arrival of the Speedwell in December, 1765, gave Georgia a choice. The ship carried the stamps that were to be affixed to many things purchased by Georgians. Other colonies, especially South Carolina, made it clear that the stamps should be left on the ship. Georgians were not organized enough to block the unloading and the stamps made it to the royal warehouse where James Wright posted a guard of 40 men.
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