The expeditions to Port Royal in 1707 were made up entirely of provincial troops from Massachusetts Bay , New Hampshire , and Rhode Island : The expedition to Port Royal in 1710 contained both regular troops from the British Army , and four provincial regiments from Massachusetts Bay , Connecticut , and New Hampshire : In addition to the regular troops of the British Army , the expedition to Quebec 1711 contained two provincial regiments from Massachusetts Bay , Rhode Island , and New Hampshire : The militia was the ultimate line of defense for the province of Georgia . Yet it was too small , and its members too occupied in civil pursuits , to efficiently protect the colony . James Oglethorpe therefore created a small paid provincial force of " soldiers recruited for combat , " containing a Highland company and some 130 rangers , as well as boatmen manning scout boats and some smaller ships . During Oglethorpe 's offensive against Spanish Florida , the siege of St. Augustine , and the battle of Fort Mose , the British force contained the Georgia provincials and a provincial regiment from South Carolina , as well as Oglethorpe 's own regiment of the British army . The South Carolina regiment had a strength of 500 soldiers , and was partly recruited in North Carolina and Virginia
expedition to Quebec
Quebec Expedition
Provincial troops in the French and Indian Wars