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What city in Georgia was built to protect the colonies from the Spanish?
Three years after founding Georgia in 1733, Gen. James Edward Oglethorpe established Fort Frederica to defend the fledgling colony against Spanish attack from Florida.
Although initially conceived of by James Oglethorpe as a refuge for London’s indebted prisoners, Georgia was ultimately established in 1732 to protect South Carolina and other southern colonies from Spanish invasion through Florida.
Why did Oglethorpe focus his efforts on the defense of Georgia?
As the Spanish military presence in St. Augustine, Florida, grew, Oglethorpe’s dream that Georgia would become an ideal agrarian society began to fade. The threat of invasion heightened, and Oglethorpe focused his efforts on the defense of Georgia.
What was Savannah’s original name?
Solomon’s Lodge was founded in 1733/4 by James Oglethorpe, and it is considered to be the oldest continuously operating Masonic Lodge in North America. Originally called simply the Lodge of Savannah, it was officially renamed Solomon’s Lodge in 1776.
Why were forts built in Georgia?
The forts built in along the Georgia Coast protected the colonists from Spanish, French and Indians, and later attempted to protect Savannah and its port from Union forces during the Civil War.
What did James Oglethorpe do for Georgia?
As visionary, social reformer, and military leader, James Oglethorpe conceived of and implemented his plan to establish the colony of Georgia. It was through his initiatives in England in 1732 that the British government authorized the establishment of its first new colony in North America in more than five decades.
Who built Savannah Georgia?
General James Oglethorpe
Established in 1733 when General James Oglethorpe and 120 fellow passengers on the ship Anne landed on a bluff along the Savannah River, Oglethorpe named the 13th and final American colony Georgia after England’s King George II. Savannah became the first city of this new land.