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James Oglethorpe was born December 22, 1696. In the country Surrey.
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Oglethorpe entered Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1714, but in the same year left to join the army of Prince Eugene of Savoy.
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James Oglethorpe became aide-de-camp to the prince, and during the Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18 he served with distinction in the campaign against the Turks during 1716-17
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- He was elected as a Tory Member of Parliament for Haslemere in 1722.
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Oglethorpe and his fellow trustees were granted a Royal Charter for the Province of Georgia between the Savannah and Altamaha rivers
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Arriving in Charleston, South Carolina on the ship Ann
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Settled near the present site of Savannah, Georgia on
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Colonists arrive at Yamacraw Bluff
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Oglethore went back to England and with him was Tomochichi, his nephew Tooanahowi, and a delegation of creeks
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Oglethorpe and 257 new colonosts went to Georgia
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Oglethorpe proposed Fort Augusta be built on the Savannah River
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Returned to England. He appealed to parliment for money to fund the colony for another year
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Led an invasion force south into Florida
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Oglethorpe's rangers opened fire suprising the spanish soldiers.The Spanish turned back and Oglethorpe formed a small troop to fight off the spanish.
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A fleet carrying several thousand spanish soldiers arrived on the ocean's horizon.
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Oglethorpe returned to England and never again set in Georgia.
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Georgia lifted the prohibation on slavery.
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The Trustees gave control of the colony to the British Goverment.
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Georgia becomed a royal colony.