Question: The Battle of Gully Hole Creek was a battle that took place on July 18, 1742 (new style) between Spanish and British forces in the Province of Georgia,was one of the Southern colonies in British America, and was the last of the thirteen original American colonies established by Great Britain in what later became which country?

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Battle of Gully Hole Creek: The Battle of Gully Hole Creek was a battle that took place on July 18, 1742 (new style) between Spanish and British forces in the Province of Georgia, resulting in a victory for the British.  Part of a much larger conflict, known as the War of Jenkins' Ear, the battle was for control of St. Simons Island, the British fortifications of Fort Frederica and Fort St. Simons, and the strategic sea routes and inland waters they controlled.  After the victory, the Province of Georgia established undisputed claim to the island, which is now part of the U.S. state of Georgia.  The better-known Battle of Bloody Marsh, a skirmish also won by the British, took place on the island the same day.

Join, or Die: Join, or Die is a political cartoon, drawn by Benjamin Franklin and first published in his "Pennsylvania Gazette" on May 9, 1754.  The original publication by the "Gazette" is the earliest known pictorial representation of colonial union produced by a British colonist in America.  It is a woodcut showing a snake cut into eighths, with each segment labeled with the initials of one of the American colonies or regions.  New England was represented as one segment, rather than the four colonies it was at that time.  Delaware was not listed separately as it was part of Pennsylvania.  Georgia, however, was omitted completely.  Thus, it has eight segments of snake rather than the traditional 13 colonies.  The two northernmost British American colonies at the time, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, were not represented, nor were any British Caribbean possessions.  The cartoon appeared along with Franklin's editorial about the "disunited state" of the colonies, and helped make his point about the importance of colonial unity.  This cartoon was used in the French and Indian War to symbolize that the colonies needed to join together with the Kingdom of Great Britain to defeat the French and Indians.  It became a symbol of colonial freedom during the American Revolutionary War.

Battle of Bloody Marsh: The Battle of Bloody Marsh was a battle that took place on July 7, 1742 between Spanish and British forces on St. Simons Island, part of the Province of Georgia, resulting in a victory for the British.  Part of a much larger conflict known as the War of Jenkins' Ear, the battle was for the British fortifications of Fort Frederica and Fort St. Simons, with the strategic goal the sea routes and inland waters they controlled.  With the victory, the Province of Georgia established undisputed claim to the island.  It is now part of the U.S. state of Georgia.  The British also won the Battle of Gully Hole Creek, which took place on the island the same day.

French and Indian War: The French and Indian War (1754–63) comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1756–63.  It pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France.  Both sides were supported by military units from their parent countries of Great Britain and France, as well as by American Indian allies.  At the start of the war, the French North American colonies had a population of roughly 60,000 settlers, compared with 2 million in the British North American colonies.  The outnumbered French particularly depended on the Indians.  The European nations declared war on one another in 1756 following months of localized conflict, escalating the war from a regional affair into an intercontinental conflict.

Province of Georgia: The Province of Georgia (also Georgia Colony) was one of the Southern colonies in British America.  It was the last of the thirteen original American colonies established by Great Britain in what later became the United States.  In the original grant, a narrow strip of the province extended to the Pacific Ocean.

Invasion of Georgia (1742): The 1742 Invasion of Georgia was a military campaign by Spanish forces, based in Florida, which attempted to seize and occupy disputed territory held by the British colony of Georgia.  The campaign was part of a larger conflict which became known as the War of Jenkins' Ear.  Local British forces under the command of the Governor James Oglethorpe rallied and defeated the Spaniards at the Battle of Bloody Marsh and the Battle of Gully Hole Creek, forcing them to withdraw.  Britain's ownership of Georgia was formally recognized by Spain in the subsequent Treaty of Madrid.

Middle Colonies: The Middle Colonies were four of the thirteen colonies in British America, located between the New England Colonies and the Southern Colonies.  Along with the Chesapeake Colonies, this area now roughly makes up the Mid-Atlantic states (though with the notable exception of Vermont, which is reckoned with New England).

Restraining Acts 1775: The Restraining Acts of early 1775 were two Acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britain, which limited colonial trade in response to both increasing and spreading civil disobedience in Massachusetts and New England, and similar trade restrictions instituted by elected colonial representatives.  With time the foment would spread to most of its American Colonies.  The first restraining act, (15 Geo.  III c. 10) known variously as the New England Trade And Fisheries Act, the New England Restraining Act, or the Trade Act 1775 (c.10), limited the export and import of any goods to and from only Great Britain, Ireland, and the British West Indies; it also prohibited the New England colonies from fishing in the waters off Newfoundland and most of America's Atlantic coast, without special permissions and documentation, and imposed stiff penalties on both perpetrators and administrators if violations occurred.  Previously legal or finessed trade between the colonies themselves or with other nations was prohibited, and enforced by naval blockade, effective July 1, 1775.  The second restraining act, (15 Geo.  III c. 18) known as the Trade Act 1775 (c.18), similarly limited the export or import of any goods by way of only Great Britain, Ireland, and the British West Indies for most colonies south of New England; it was passed shortly after the first, upon receiving news in April that the colonial's trade boycott had spread widely among other colonies.  Only New York, Delaware, North Carolina and Georgia would escape these restraints on trade, but only for a few months.

Stamp Act 1765: The Stamp Act of 1765 (short title "Duties in American Colonies Act 1765"; 5 George III, c. 12) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp.  Printed materials included legal documents, magazines, playing cards, newspapers, and many other types of paper used throughout the colonies.  Like previous taxes, the stamp tax had to be paid in valid British currency, not in colonial paper money.  The purpose of the tax was to help pay for troops stationed in North America after the British victory in the Seven Years' War and its North American theater of the French and Indian War.  The Americans said that there was no military need for the soldiers because there were no foreign enemies on the continent, and the Americans had always protected themselves against Indians.  They suggested that it was actually a matter of British patronage to surplus British officers and career soldiers who should be paid by London.

British America: English America (later British America) refers to the English territories in North America (including Bermuda), Central America, the Caribbean, and Guyana from 1607 to 1783.  Formally, the British colonies in North America were known as "British America and the British West Indies" until 1776, when the Thirteen Colonies located along the Atlantic seaboard declared their independence and formed the United States of America.  After that, the term British North America was used to describe the remainder of Britain's continental North American possessions.  That term was first used informally in 1783, but it was uncommon before the Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839), called the Durham Report.

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Answer: United States