USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The original Georgia Trustees was a governing body chartered and appointed by His Majesty King George II of England in 1732 to establish a new colony in North America. The Trustees governed the colony of Georgia for twenty years.

Detailed explanation-3: -Founding a Colony On June 9, 1732, the crown granted a charter to the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia. 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-4: -Seventy-one men served as Trustees during the life of the Trust. Trustees were forbidden by the charter from holding office or land in Georgia, nor were they paid. Presumably, their motives for serving were humanitarian, and their motto was Non sibi sed aliis ("Not for self, but for others").

Detailed explanation-5: -James Oglethorpe was a British general, member of Parliament, philanthropist, humanitarian, was the founder of the colony of Georgia in America in 1733. He was a social reformer in England founding Georgia, after a grant from King George II, to resettle Britain’s poor, especially those in debtors’ prison.