USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1732, King George II granted James Olglethorpe a charter to establish the colony. Not surprisingly, the new colony was named ‘Georgia’ in honor of King George II. Oglethorpe originally envisioned the colony as a haven for British debtors, though this plan never came to fruition. Georgia was never a debtor’s colony.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The Buffer Colony 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: -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: -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.