CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Florida was under colonial rule by Spain from the 16th century to the 19th century, and briefly by Great Britain during the 18th century (1763–1783) before becoming a territory of the United States in 1821.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although the Georgia Trustees originally envisioned the new Georgia colony as a second chance for debtors in British jails, the geographic location was also ideal to defend the British colonies from Spain, which occupied Florida to the south.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the 1730s, England founded the last of its colonies in North America. The project was the brain child of James Oglethorpe, a former army officer.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Spanish were a constant threat to the colony of Georgia because Georgia stood in the way of the Spanish route to the British colony of South Carolina (which was a highly successful colony that was very profitable to the British King George II).

Detailed explanation-5: -About 1540, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, on a quest for silver and gold, led the first European expedition into the area that is now Georgia.