Georgia was the last of the 13 colonies established by Great Britain in what later became the United States. The colony's corporate charter was granted to General James Oglethorpe, a man who worked his whole life to make a colony which would serve as a haven for debtors. The colony was established on April 21, 1733 by George II for whom the colony was named. Oglethorpe, was first accompanied by the first settlers on February 12, 1733 at Yamacraw Bluff, in what is now Savannah, and established a camp with the help of a local elderly Indian chief Tomochichi. Georgia began with the intention of having little landholding and no slavery. However, when it became a royal colony in 1752, plantations and slavey became a major part of the economy in Georgia.