Probably brutal since it was established as a British Penal and Debtor's Colony where about 50,000 immigrants were settled and auctioned off as indentured servants in the hope that they would never again disgrace the Empire.
It was a southern colony.
General Oglethorpe founded the colony of Georgia. He emptied the debtors prisons in England and gave the people there a new lease on life.
The first colony established in New England was the Plymouth Plantation, established at Plymouth near Cape Cod.
The success of the struggling Georgia colony was a turn from philanthropy to commerce. Had the colony stayed their original course, they might have all starved or left for a better life else where. Tom Hoover, Savannah, Georgia. From a slide presentation at Wormsloe Plantation one of the first in the new colony.
The colony of Georgia (south) was founded to refuge poor debtors. New England colonies (north) were founded for religious freedom
life focused on religion and the fathers job.
A new life for British prisoners and also to create a border between the colonies and Spanish Florida.
The people were huge traders
The British colony of Georgia was originally intended as a prison colony. Many people were brought to the new colony to serve out their terms. They worked on farms and in small factories.
Georgia. They did not send a representative to meet in the first continental congress.
Georgia, by George Oglethorpe
Georgia was a success because it gave debtors hope. They farmed the land and made a great new colony for early America.