SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why Settle Geogia? James Oglethorpe and the trustees hoped to bring debtors and England’s “worthy poor” to the colony to begin new lives. The English hoped that Georgia would be able to produce wine, rice, silk, and indigo.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -Initially conceived by Oglethorpe as a refuge for London’s indebted prisoners, Georgia became a buffer for England against Spanish Florida.