It was started by James Oglethorpe for the honest debtors in English jails.
The English Colonies wanted people in the upper colonies to be safe from the Spanish in what is now Florida. To improve safety, the Brits took people out of jail and put them in Georgia to protect them.
Georgia
The founder of the Colony, Georgia.
Georgia. The original charter set the boundaries of the colony between the Altamaha and Savannah Rivers and then extended westward all the way to the Mississippi River. The charter was granted in 1732.
Oglethorpe was the founder of the Georgia colony.
Savannah was where Georgia colony started.
when we the colony of Georgia settled
Georgia
The colony north of Georgia was South Carolina.
The Province of Georgia (later known as Georgia) was the southernmost settlement in the 13 original colonies.
It was chartered by the king. He took debtors to that colony to find jobs and pay off their debt to the king. Today that colony is known as Georgia.
The colony of Georgia had a great deal of inner conflict. Some colonists wanted slavery, while others did not. The colony also engaged in war with the colony of Florida. Known as the War of Jenkins Ear. Due to the expense of fighting the war, Parliament wanted Georgia to become self sufficient.
It was a southern colony.