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They wanted to get away from the Church of England.They wanted to spread their own religion.They were looking for natural resources/ways to make a profit. Due to overcrowding of debtor's prisons in England, they were looking for places to send poor people who were in prison for not paying back debts, Georgia was founded for this purpose.

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