USA HISTORY

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 founder of Georgia, James Oglethorpe, specifically started the colony as a debtor’s refuge in 1732, as an alternative to English debtors’ prison.

Detailed explanation-3: -James Oglethorpe, a British benefactor and member of Parliament, was the person responsible for establishing the Georgia colony in 1732. In addition to serving as a defensive outpost against Spanish Florida, he founded the colony with the intention of giving debtors and prisoners a fresh start there.

Detailed explanation-4: -James Oglethorpe was such a thinker. He and a group of charitable investors asked King George for permission to create a utopian experiment for English citizens imprisoned for debt.

Detailed explanation-5: -The last of the 13 colonies to be founded, Georgia began as a line of fortress towns, creating a buffer between English settlers in the Carolinas and the Spanish in Florida. Created as a land for English debtors to start fresh in the New World, Georgia was a land filled with promise.