AP U.S. History › Sequence in U.S. Foreign Policy from Pre-Columbian History to 1789
Which of the following original colonies was settled last?
Georgia
North Carolina
Virginia
Massachusetts
Delaware
Georgia was founded in 1733, years after all of the other colonies that would eventually make up the United States of America in 1776. Georgia was founded as a refuge for debtors and as a barrier between the existing colonies and the Spanish presence in Florida.