CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

FOG

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which is a reason why the vision of the trustees was never fulfilled?
A
Georgia was a political failure
B
Too many Catholics settled in Georgia.
C
Debtors were never released to come to Georgia.
D
The Indians and Spanish caused the settlers to live in fear.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Georgia Trustees prohibited slavery because it conflicted with their vision of small landowners prospering from their own labor. They also wanted Georgia to serve as a military buffer between the English colonies and Spanish Florida.

Detailed explanation-2: -In promotional material, the Georgia Trustees focused on three reasons for founding the colony: philanthropy, economics, and defense. The new colony offered a new start for England’s “deserving poor” in a society structured on hard work, equality, and morality.

Detailed explanation-3: -Why was Georgia called a haven for debtors? George Oglethorpe founded Georgia, He wanted that the new colony to be a place that people who owed money could make a fresh start not paying the money.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Charter of 1732 Georgia was founded for three reasons: charity, economics, and defense. Of the three, the only true success of the colony had under the trustees was Georgia’s defense of South Carolina.

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