CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Oglethorpe himself led the first group of 114 colonists on the frigate Anne, landing at the site of today’s Savannah on February 1, 1733.

Detailed explanation-2: -Georgia’s Founding As a result of Oglethorpe’s persuasive arguments, King George II in 1732 granted a charter for creating Georgia and named Oglethorpe as one of twenty-one Trustees to govern the new colony.

Detailed explanation-3: -Founded in 1733 by colonists led by James Edward Oglethorpe, Savannah is the oldest city in Georgia and one of the outstanding examples of eighteenth-century town planning in North America.

Detailed explanation-4: -Savannah-Georgia’s First City Savannah was founded off what is now the Savannah River on Yamacraw Bluff inn 1733 by General James Oglethorpe as a debtors colony and buffer colony between South Carolina and Florida.