CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Although Catholicism was the only religion expressly forbidden in the charter, the Georgia Trustees also decided to forbid Judaism in the new colony, but the harsh realities of colonial life opened the doors for Judaism to enter Georgia.

Detailed explanation-2: -These included Jews, Anglicans, Lutherans, Presbyterians, and others-who formed, according to one author, “a rich generation of religious ferment in the colony.” This admixture of religious adherents was welcomed-indeed, invited-to the new territory.

Detailed explanation-3: -Oglethorpe imagined the Georgia colony to be an ideal agrarian society; he opposed slavery and allowed people of all religions to settle in Savannah even though the charter stated that Catholics and Jewish people were not allowed.

Detailed explanation-4: -Catholicism remained dormant in Georgia until the formal acceptance of the U.S. Constitution in 1789, when Catholics received equal rights under Georgia law.

Detailed explanation-5: -The only religious group that was not allowed in Georgia was Catholics. The Church of England was the established church in Colonial Georgia. During the Colonial time period, European Protestants were encouraged to immigrate and Lutherans and Moravians took advantage of the opportunity as well.