Who founded Georgia?

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Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe in 1733. Oglethorpe, a British general and social reformer, established the colony as a place for debtors and the poor of England to have a fresh start, as well as to serve as a buffer against Spanish Florida. The colony was named after King George II of Great Britain.

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