people who were in jail for being poor
protestants who came to the colony of Georgia for religious purposes
The colony founded in America was called The Province of Georgia or Georgia Colony. It was considered a place where debtors could be safe.
Mainly Scottish, but the Georgia colony was a haven for those fleeing religious persecution and therefore many nationalities of people came to Georgia.
Salzburgers, Scot Highlanders, and the Moravians
Georgia's colonists came from England. In 1732, James Oglethorpe established this colony as a refuge for English debtors. The colony was named for King George II.
They came to Georgia as a means of protection for the colony from the spanish in Florida.
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The colony north of Georgia was South Carolina.
The Georgia colony was initially governed by a group of trustees. There was widespread dissatisfaction from the colonists, and James Oglethorpe, who had originally petitioned for the colony, lost his enthusiasm, and no longer came to the colony. The colony ended its trusteeship government, and went into that of a royal colony in 1752.
Oglethorpe was the founder of the Georgia colony.
Savannah was where Georgia colony started.
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