CLASS 10
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Question
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have served time in a debtors’ prison
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bring their own farm tools with them
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only sell their land to another Englishman
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use a portion of their land to grow mulberry trees
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Detailed explanation-1: -12. Those who were selected to settle the colony of Georgia were required by the Trustees to: Join the militia (men).
Detailed explanation-2: -The initial impetus behind Georgia’s founding came from James Oglethorpe, who envisioned the new colony as a refuge for the debtors who crowded London prisons; however, no such prisoners were among the initial settlers.
Detailed explanation-3: -More important, the Trustee gardener was to supply sufficient mulberry seedlings for distribution to the settlers, who were required to plant mulberry trees on their plots as part of their land grants.
Detailed explanation-4: -One of the reasons Georgia was settled was to support the English economic policy of mercantilism. The Georgia Trustees decided the new settlers would to grow grapes, indigo and mulberry trees. Grapes would be used in making wine, indigo for blue dye and the mulberry trees would host silkworms for silk production.