Georgia
Georgia
would be a place where people imprisoned for debt could live.
Australia
No. That was Georgia.
No. That was purpose of Georgia.
The colony that served as the home for debtors was Georgia. Founded in 1733 by James Oglethorpe, Georgia was established as a place where debtors from England could start anew and work off their debts. Oglethorpe envisioned it as a social experiment, providing opportunities for the impoverished and serving as a buffer against Spanish Florida. The colony allowed for a fresh start for those who had been imprisoned for their debts in England.
the first people who established a colony in the U.S.A were Christians. That is why they left England so they could worship their own religion.
Rhode Island, in the New England colonies, had the first place in America where people could worship freely.
It is the other way round, Elizabeth 1st of England imprisoned Mary, Queen of Scots, in the Tower of London. However, to ask why she did this, is in debate, as many people could argue over that is was because Mary was plotting against Elizabeth, or the other way round.
So they could make money off of it.
A Colony doesn't have to be ruled by a king...while the American Colonies were subject to England the term colony could be a group of individuals that have maintained a close association with the country/people they left behind.
It is part of mercantilism. If England made it illegal for colonist to make these goods then they would have to buy them from English manufacturers and a dependence would be developed between colony and mothercountry. It can also be interpreted as keeping a colony from rebelling because that colony would not have the industrial means to produce the goods that England forbade them from producing.