COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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buffer colony between Spanish Florida and the other colonies
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royal colony for King George
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beginning for the University of Georgia
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breeding ground for bulldogs
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Detailed explanation-1: -From an imperial viewpoint, Georgia functioned as buffer zone between British settlements and their imperial rivals; the new colony was to be a garrison province that would defend the British, especially from Spanish Florida.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.