Which of the following colonies was one of the original 13 colonies?

Georgia is recognized as one of the original 13 colonies established by the British in North America. Founded in 1732, it served as a buffer between the colonies and Spanish Florida, and it was intended as a place for debtors and the poor to make a new start. The original 13 colonies included a mix of plantation economies in the south and more diverse economies in the north.

In contrast, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee were not part of the original 13 colonies. Kentucky became a state much later, in 1792, and was originally part of Virginia. Ohio was part of the Northwest Territory, established after the American Revolution and became a state in 1803. Tennessee, initially part of North Carolina, became a state in 1796. Thus, among the options provided, only Georgia directly belongs to the group of the original colonies established prior to the Revolutionary War.