USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -He worked to reform the debtor’s prison so that fewer people would be sent to prison and the conditions in prison would be improved. The result was the Prison Reform Act of 1729 which improved conditions and allowed for the release of hundreds of debtor’s from prison.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Oglethorpe laid out the city around a series of squares and laid out the streets in a grid pattern. Each square had a small community of colonists living around it and had separate lots dedicated to community buildings. For each of the freemen who came to settle the new colony, Oglethorpe awarded 50 acres of land.

Detailed explanation-4: -From the Georgia Historical Society Object Collection, A-1361-600. 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.

Detailed explanation-5: -James Edward Oglethorpe was born on December 22, 1696, in London, England. He was born into a wealthy family. He was well educated and attended the University of Oxford. Oglethorpe entered the military and served on the European continent.