USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Each debtor was to receive 50 acres of land to farm. This land could not be sold. Silkworms were transported from Europe with the hope of developing a silk industry in Georgia’s mulberry trees. Unfortunately, the plan itself was a miserable failure.

Detailed explanation-2: -Colonists who paid their own way got 50 acres, plus 50 acres for each servant they brought, up to 500 acres. In some cases, the land was poorly drained and not suited for growing crops. But the trustees refused to issue new land grants in these cases. Also, colonists were prohibited from selling or leasing their land.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: Georgia was founded as a place where debtors and the poor could make a fresh start. The colony was meant to protect the other English colonies from Spanish attack.

Detailed explanation-4: -The colonial governments of Virginia and North Carolina for their part, eager for laborers, passed incentives by promising 5 years’ worth of debt protection. 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-5: -The headright system referred to a grant of land, usually 50 acres, given to settlers in the 13 colonies. The system was used mainly in Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Maryland. The headright system was originally created in 1618 in Jamestown, Virginia.