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Last Updated: Feb 24, 2015     Views: 69

Thank you for your question. I will be more than happy to assist you. My name is Jesse Davis and I am a reference librarian.

According to your email,  you need answers to who General Oglethorpe was, why he is important to American History and you need five sources. Is this for a research paper? You can find many history resources starting from our Homepage . Simply click on Articles and Databases, located under Electronic Resources.  Any of those resources are available for use. For your particular needs, I would recommend clicking on the link titled Biographical. This will take you to a page with many different biography-geared databases. I think five really good databases to help you on your way are Biography In-Context, American National Biography Online, Credo Reference, Gale Virtual Reference Library,  and Oxford Reference . Please click on any of the underlined blue links to take you to that specific database. If you are on campus you should connect immediately, if you are on campus, be sure to use your username and password to log in. 

Biography In-context-Provides full-text articles on over one million people throughout history. 

American Biography Online- Provides biographies on people who contributed or helped shape the USA. 

Credo Reference-Allows users access to encyclopedias and dictionaries on their chosen topic. 

Gale Virtual Reference Library-A multi-discipline database that allows users to search books and encyclopedias digitally. 

Oxford Reference- Comprised of over 100 different searchable reference works in multiple disciplines. 

I also did a little research for you to help get you started. Please let me know if you need more assistance. 

General James Edward Oglethorpe

  • James was born in London, England in 1696. He was named James after the exiled King James II of England. 
  • James attended prestigious schools and was highly educated. He joined the army at fourteen years old, and by 1722 had joined Parliament. 
  • James was the only surviving son of his parents and thus inherited their estate. A humanitarian at heart, he fought for people in debt as he had a friend who had died in a debtor's prison. 
  • In 1732, James and a crew sailed to America to establish the colony of Georgia with the arrangement that in twenty-one years time, the Crown of England would take over the colony. The colony of Georgia's primary purpose was to serve as a place of rehabilitation and refuge for debtors and law offenders.  In 1733, James became governor of Georgia. He ran the colony in a very strict manner with rules on alcohol, slavery and land regulations. 
  • The dangers to the colony of Georgia were the Spanish to the south in what is now Florida, and the growing discontent in which James ran the colony. James returned to England in 1743, fully intending to return to Georgia shortly. He never saw Georgia again. In 1745 he was involved with a uprising again the government and put on trial. He was acquitted, but it the trial effectively ended his military career and his seat in Parliament. Shortly after Georgia was turned over the the Crown. James died in 1785 in relative obscurity. 

Here are the resources I used and I found very helpful. I have listed them in MLA format and included the URL for your convenience.:

  • "Oglethorpe, James Edward." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. : Oxford University Press, 2001. Oxford Reference. 2002. Date Accessed 24 Feb. 2015 <http://www.oxfordreference.com.pallas2.tcl.sc.edu/view/10.1093/acref/9780199891580.001.0001/acref-9780199891580-e-5724>.
  • "Oglethorpe, James Edward." Colonial America Reference Library. Ed. Peggy Saari and Julie L. Carnagie. Vol. 4: Biographies: Volume 2. Detroit: UXL, 2000. 237-243. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 24 Feb. 2015.
    URL
    http://go.galegroup.com.pallas2.tcl.sc.edu/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX3425300091&v=2.1&u=colu68650&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w&asid=42700be25c1dc476cc7d92fa27673c6d
  • "Oglethorpe, James Edward." The Columbia Encyclopedia. New York: Columbia University Press, 2013. Credo Reference. Web. 24 Feb 2015.
  • Carole Watterson Troxler. "Oglethorpe, James Edward"; 
    http://www.anb.org/articles/01/01-00685.html; 
    American National Biography Online Feb. 2000. 
  • "James Edward Oglethorpe." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Biography in Context. Web. 24 Feb. 2015.
    URL 
    http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1631004929&source=Bookmark&u=usclibs&jsid=f459cac546dff26ffa38dbf15d592a68

     

Please let me know if you need another citation style or help citing other articles. I hope I was able to answer your questions, feel free to email back,if you need any help at all. 

Thank you

Jesse Davis

Reference Librarian 

 

 

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