Spain and Great Britain in the 1730s…
1734 CE
Spain and Great Britain in the 1730s dispute control over the border between Georgia and La Florida, where the Spanish have several settlements and forts.
Oglethorpe seeks to increase his southern defenses, given a heightened threat of Spanish invasion.
Accompanied by rangers and two Native American guides, he picks St. Simons Island as the site for a new town and fort.
Oglethorpe in 1734, persuades Parliament and the colonial trustees to pay for a new military garrison.
He recruits a company of British settlers to migrate with their families to live at Darien, at the mouth of the Altamaha River.
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