USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -As visionary, social reformer, and military leader, James Oglethorpe conceived of and implemented his plan to establish the colony of Georgia . It was through his initiatives in England in 1732 that the British government authorized the establishment of its first new colony in North America in more than five decades.

Detailed explanation-2: -A British general and noted philanthropist of colonial America, James Oglethorpe founded the Georgia Colony. He planned the colony as a haven for people who had been imprisoned for debt. James Edward Oglethorpe, the son of a wealthy baronet, was born on Dec. 22, 1696, in London.

Detailed explanation-3: -He was a social reformer in England founding Georgia, after a grant from King George II, to resettle Britain’s poor, especially those in debtors’ prison. He established a small group on the Savanna River hoping to create a debtors colony that was free of vice.

Detailed explanation-4: -He and a group of charitable investors asked King George for permission to create a utopian experiment for English citizens imprisoned for debt. England’s prison population could be decreased, and thousands of individuals could be given a new chance at life. With these lofty goals, Georgia was created.

Detailed explanation-5: -Oglethorpe imagined the Georgia colony to be an ideal agrarian society; he opposed slavery and allowed people of all religions to settle in Savannah even though the charter stated that Catholics and Jewish people were not allowed.