Final answer:
King George II granted Oglethorpe and his group a charter for the colony of Georgia in 1732.
Step-by-step explanation:
King George II granted Oglethorpe and his group a charter for the colony of Georgia in 1732. Oglethorpe led the settlement of the colony, which was named Georgia in honor of the king. In the 1730s, Georgia became a military buffer between South Carolina and Spanish Florida.
King George II granted a charter for the colony of Georgia in 1732 to James Oglethorpe and other proprietors, which led to the founding of Savannah in 1733 and the establishment of the Georgia Trustee system.
King George II granted James Oglethorpe and a group of twenty like-minded proprietors a charter for the colony of Georgia in 1732. Oglethorpe intended for Georgia to serve as a place for debtors and the 'deserving poor' to start anew, as well as act as a strategic buffer between South Carolina and Spanish-held Florida. The first group of colonists, aboard the ship Anne, established the city of Savannah in 1733, following the negotiations with local American Indian tribes. The Georgia Trustee system, funded by Parliament, governed the colony until the system collapsed in 1752, leading to Georgia becoming a royal colony.