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James Oglethorpe had the idea of bringing over debtors, people who where in prison for owing money, to settle in Georgia colony.
People that were in debt, and he brought them over in a ship called The Anne.
In 1733, James Oglethorpe founded Georgia. Georgia was founded for people in debt in England to have a place to start over. The colony of Georgia also created a buffer between the rest of the colonies and Spain.
mark Thompson in 1762
The colony of Georgia began as a proprietorship that was administered by James Oglethorpe. The colony was a second chance community for people who had gotten into trouble with their finances in England, and wound up in Debtors Prison. Those who chose to come to the Georgia Colony could work off their sentence first, then were given land to start their life anew.
Oglethorpe started Georgia Colonly because it was for poor people from England
James Oglethorpe (founder of Georgia)
General Oglethorpe founded the colony of Georgia. He emptied the debtors prisons in England and gave the people there a new lease on life.
to keep a refuge place for poor nice people
Georgia is the colony founded for poor an unfortunate people. James Oglethorpe, had originally founded the colony so that people that were in debt can start over.
James Oglethorpe had the idea of bringing over debtors, people who where in prison for owing money, to settle in Georgia colony.
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James Oglethorpe (December 22, 1696-June 30,1785) was the founder of the colony of Georgia, in the New World. He helped debtors to be free and gave land to many people.
James Oglethorpe was the founder of the Georgia colony.
Georgia was the colony which was started as a refuge for debtors. It was established by James Oglethorpe in 1732.
It was started by James Oglethorpe for the honest debtors in English jails. The English Colonies wanted people in the upper colonies to be safe from the Spanish in what is now Florida. To improve safety, the Brits took people out of jail and put them in Georgia to protect them.
the first settlers in Georgia were colonists and debtors from England