USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Buffer Colony 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: -Initially conceived by Oglethorpe as a refuge for London’s indebted prisoners, Georgia became a buffer for England against Spanish Florida. In 1742, the Spanish invaded Georgia and lost what would be their last attack on East Coast British colonies.

Detailed explanation-3: -From an imperial viewpoint, Georgia functioned as buffer zone between British settlements and their imperial rivals; the new colony was to be a garrison province that would defend the British, especially from Spanish Florida.

Detailed explanation-4: -The colony of Georgia, for example, was first founded by James Oglethorpe who originally intended to use prisoners taken largely from debtors’ prisons, creating a “Debtor’s Colony, ” where the prisoners could learn trades and work off their debts.