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Q: Was Georgia a colony for british prisoners?
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What US colony was founded home for British prisoners?

Georgia


What US colony was founded as home for British prisoners?

Georgia


Who helped create the colony of Georgia?

If memory serves, the British colony of Georgia was created primarily by prisoners released from the overcrowded debtors' prisons in England.


What US colony was founded as a British prison?

There was not a colony that was founded by prisoners. However, there was a colony founded so that it could be used as a British penal colony. That colony was Georgia.


What was the big idea for the Georgia colony?

A new life for British prisoners and also to create a border between the colonies and Spanish Florida.


What colony was a haven for English debtor prisoners?

Georgia


Who helped found the Georgia colony?

It was founded by James Oglethorpe, a British prison reformer. Some of its first residents were former prisoners given a chance to start anew in the colony.


Who settled in the Georgia colony?

the British people settled in Georgia the colony


Poor people and prisoners first settled the colony of?

georgia


What American colony was founded by James oglethorpe for prisoners?

Georgia


What british colony's first large group of settlers were prisoners?

Penal Colony


Who created the Georgia colony?

The British. They used it as a prison colony.