Georgia
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In the British colonies on North America, the Georgia colony was established as a way to send people away from debtor's prisons. In this way, Georgia served not only a way to eliminate the "refuse" of debtors, but also to act as a "refuge" for them. I'm not certain which word you intended to use.
James Oglethorpe had the idea of bringing over debtors, people who where in prison for owing money, to settle in Georgia colony.
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.
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Georgia is called a debtors colony because it was created for debtors. In England, there were debtors clogging up the prisons. So people in debt where sent to Georgia to work off their debt. People were unable to pay off their debt and that is why Georgia came about. They took debtors out of the prisons and gave them a second chance. It worked and that is where debtors went.
Georgia was a debtor's colony. It was created as a place to send people in debt so they could get a fresh start, make the money to pay the people they owe and not just end up in an English prison.
Which colony was created so debtors and poor people could start over? Georgia, right here in my book it states these words: Georgia A colony where debtors and poor people could start over was the....ect.
Georgia was the colony settled by people who had been in debtor's prisons in England.
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General Oglethorpe founded the colony of Georgia. He emptied the debtors prisons in England and gave the people there a new lease on life.
Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe to be a home for Debtors. This was the only way the king would allow since he also viewed George as a buffer between the English and The Spanish in Florida.
In the British colonies on North America, the Georgia colony was established as a way to send people away from debtor's prisons. In this way, Georgia served not only a way to eliminate the "refuse" of debtors, but also to act as a "refuge" for them. I'm not certain which word you intended to use.
Debtors are people who owe money to creditors. Creditors are people who are owed money by debtors. For example, the bank is a creditor allowing people to take out loans and the people taking out the loans are the debtors.
A penal colony is a when the home country feels it would be best to get rid of some people by moving them to a remote location. Great Britain did this with Australia and debtors were sent to colonial Georgia in the United States.
A penal colony is a when the home country feels it would be best to get rid of some people by moving them to a remote location. Great Britain did this with Australia and debtors were sent to colonial Georgia in the United States.