| James Oglethorpe was a philanthropist, a British | | | | counter-pushing into Georgia territory. At the |
| General, and the founder of the colony of | | | | same time, Oglethorpe began to come under |
| Georgia. He worked for social reform in his home | | | | heavy criticism for his missteps in leadership, |
| country of Britain, and hoped to give new hope to | | | | despite this he managed to crush the Spanish |
| Britain's poor, particularly those in debtor's prison, | | | | counterattack at the Battle of Bloody Marsh. His |
| by bringing them to the new world. | | | | victory came too late, however as William |
| The War of Jenkin's Ear broke out after the slow | | | | Stephens, the man sent to work as his 'assistant' |
| accumulation of tension between the British and | | | | was made the official head of the colony by the |
| Spanish colonies and their interests, and was part | | | | colony's trustees. |
| of a larger conflict that involved nearly every | | | | He left Georgia and continued his military career |
| European power, The War of Austrian Succession. | | | | by fighting in the Jacobite Rebellion in Britain. He |
| The war was named after Robert Jenkins, a | | | | was court-martialed over an accusation that he |
| captain of a British merchant ship who was | | | | did not pursue the fleeing Scotch rebels as well as |
| boarded by Spanish coast guards in 1731 off the | | | | he could have at the Battle of Shap Fell. He was |
| coast of the Americas. He displayed his severed | | | | acquitted, and was soon given the rank of |
| ear before Parliament when he was brought to | | | | General, but was never again given command of |
| testify about the incident. Full conflict didn't break | | | | an operation. |
| out for another eight years. | | | | Unofficially removed from military service, he lived |
| Oglethorpe saw his participation in the conflict | | | | out his later days with a lengthy retirement, |
| through his stewardship of the British colony of | | | | befriending the likes of Samuel Johnson, Edmund |
| Georgia. The conflict was generally light with some | | | | Burke, and other British nationals with vary |
| periodic harsh battles. Years of stewing led up to | | | | degrees of support for the ideals of American |
| Oglethorpe's largely successful campaign. He led | | | | freedom. The year he died, he enthusiastically |
| forces that captured Fort Picolata, Fort San | | | | met with US Ambassador John Adams, |
| Francisco de Pupo, and Fort Mose. He ultimately | | | | expressing his displeasure with the poor relations |
| made his way to the fort at St. Augustine, but | | | | that Britain and America maintained. He died |
| was repelled after a two-week siege, despite | | | | suddenly in Cranham Hall on June 30th, 1785 at |
| being assisted by a British naval blockade. | | | | the age of 88. |
| The Spanish eventually responded by | | | | |
