CLASS 10
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Question
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The land was conducive to grow various types of agriculture which would provide wealth to the land owners.
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The land was cheap and was not occupied any other group of people.
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It would serve as a buffer between the Spanish held Florida and the British colonies.
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The ship that was carrying Oglethorpe and 114 colonists landed at Savannah’s port.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Although the Georgia Trustees originally envisioned the new Georgia colony as a second chance for debtors in British jails, the geographic location was also ideal to defend the British colonies from Spain, which occupied Florida to the south.
Detailed explanation-2: -The colony of Georgia was the last of the thirteen original colonies to be founded. It was a strategically important area because it was a buffer zone between the two most powerful empires in North America: the British and the Spanish.
Detailed explanation-3: -Prosperous Carolina and Virginia were very nervous of the Spanish! England decided there needed to be a “buffer zone” to protect them from the Spanish.
Detailed explanation-4: -Defense. The most important reason for Georgia’s founding was defense, primarily against the Spanish in Florida. In the 1730’s, South Carolina was a profitable British colony that was threatened by Spanish military outposts in Florida. The Georgia colony’s role was to serve as a military “buffer” between the two.
Detailed explanation-5: -Championing the Oppressed From 1722 to 1743, Oglethorpe served in the British House of Commons, gaining a reputation as the champion of the oppressed. He pressed for the elimination of English prison abuses and, in 1732, defended the North American colonies’ right to trade freely with Britain and the other colonies.