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The last American colony was Georgia, founded 50 years after the other twelve. It was founded by James Oglethorpe, a prison reformer. Oglethorpe was a member of Parliament who was concerned about the atrocious and crowded conditions of the debtor's prisons, when he resolved to ship the inmates to America where there was plenty of room. a

Georgia has more families and there was more fertile soil, allowing for the growing of tobacco,rice,and indigo

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