Which of the original thirteen colonies is being described below? In 1732, James Oglethorpe started this colony with the intent of running it for twenty-one years, at which point it would become a royal colony. This was the last of the original thirteen colonies to form. The two main reasons for the founding of this colony were to create a "buffer" that would keep the Spanish from moving north and to provide a safe haven for cruelly treated English prisoners. Slavery and the importing of certain alcohols were prohibited here.
The colony being described is Georgia. It was founded in 1732 and it served as a military protective zone between the English colonies and the Spanish settlement in Florida.
