Development of Georgia

Primary and Secondary Sources

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Why did the Puritans move to the New World?

Brain Quest

The development of Georgia was unlike all the other British colonies. First of all, it was the last to be created.Georgia was founded in 1733, 126 years after JamestownGeorgia was founded while Europe was in the midst of the Enlightenment.Enlightened thinkers championed the causes of liberty and progressThey asserted that even the worst elements of society might prosper if given the right set of circumstances

Background Information

James Oglethorpe

James Oglethorpe and a group of investors get permission from King George to create a utopian experiment for English citizens imprisoned for debt.Would decrease the prison population and thousands of individuals could be given a new chance at life

Georgias location helped the other coloniesIts location south of the Carolinas allowed it be a buffer between the Spanish and the English coloniesCreation of Georgia

Development of the Georgia Colony

Since they were not landing within the jurisdiction of the Virginia Company, they had no CHARTERto govern them. 6

Why did Oglethorpe and the other founders establish the colony of Georgia?What problems did the colony have?

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