Georgia
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It was created by the English government as a buffer state between the Chesapeake colonies and the Spanish and French owned lands (for example, Florida) to the south and west. Also, Georgia's founder, James Oglethorpe, founded the colony as a sanctuary for debtors who had been imprisoned.
In British North America at the time of the American Revolution the "buffer colony" was Georgia. The colony was founded for the specific reason of protecting the British colonies north of the Savanah river from Spanish Migration and Invasion from that nations settlements in Florida. It was also a buffer against slaves escaping from the large and prosperous rice plantations in the South Carolina Low Country to freedom under the domain of Spain. In order to facilitate the growth of the colony thousands of persons were freed from Debtors Prisons in England to populate this colony.
In British North America at the time of the American Revolution the "buffer colony" was Georgia. The colony was founded for the specific reason of protecting the British colonies north of the Savanah river from Spanish Migration and Invasion from that nations settlements in Florida. It was also a buffer against slaves escaping from the large and prosperous rice plantations in the South Carolina Low Country to freedom under the domain of Spain. In order to facilitate the growth of the colony thousands of persons were freed from Debtors Prisons in England to populate this colony.
military buffer against the Spanish
Georgia was founded with two main purposes: to serve as a place where debtors in prison could go to start anew and also to serve as a barrier against Spanish expansion from Florida. In 1732, James Oglethorpe was given a charter from King George II to create a new colony, which he would name Georgia.
The Georgia colony was established as a buffer between Spanish Florida to the south and the English Carolina colonies to the north.
The English encouraged settlement in Georgia so the criminals and debtors would act as a buffer against Indian attacks.
founded by James Edward Oglethorpe in 1733. it was founded for providing a refuge for persecuted protestants, to act as a debtor's haven and for a buffer against spanish Florida
In part as an anti-Catholic buffer to Spanish Florida.
In British North America at the time of the American Revolution the "buffer colony" was Georgia. The colony was founded for the specific reason of protecting the British colonies north of the Savanah river from Spanish Migration and Invasion from that nations settlements in Florida. It was also a buffer against slaves espcaping from the large and prosperous rice plantations in the South Carolina Low Country to freedom under the domain of Spain. In order to facilitate the growth of the colony thousands of persons were freed from Debtors Prisons in England to populate this colony.
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.
placing a buffer between South Carolina and Spanish Florida.