USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Debtors in England who could not pay what they owed were put in prison. Oglethorpe wanted debtors to start what in Georgia? Oglethorpe wanted debtors to start new life’s in Georgia.

Detailed explanation-2: -The colony of Georgia, for example, was first founded by James Oglethorpe who originally intended to use prisoners taken largely from debtors’ prisons, creating a “Debtor’s Colony, ” where the prisoners could learn trades and work off their debts.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -In the 1730s, England founded the last of its colonies in North America. The project was the brain child of James Oglethorpe, a former army officer. After Oglethorpe left the army, he devoted himself to helping the poor and debt-ridden people of London, whom he suggested settling in America.