Which person wanted to create a colony for debtors and became the first leader of Georgia?
Georgia Studies - SS8H2

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James Oglethorpe
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Which statement BEST explains why England established the Georgia colony?
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England wanted a buffer state to prevent Spanish and Native American invasions.
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In the early years of the colony, what was one reason the colonists were dissatisfied with the policies of the trustees who governed colonial Georgia? The colonists could not pay the high taxes required of them. The colonists were not allowed to read books. The colonists were not allowed to practice their religion. The colonists could not own slaves.
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The colonists could not own slaves.
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What change occurred when Georgia became a royal colony?
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The king of England oversaw control of Georgia rather than a group of trustees.
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How did charity motivate Georgia Trustees to found the Georgia Colony?
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The British hoped to give poor and indebted British people a new start in the New World.
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What document outlined in detail the reasons for Georgia’s settlement and is a remarkable document based on its provisions for the colonists?
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Charter of 1732
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James Oglethorpe was a charitable man and was trying to help the "worthy poor" who were suffering in England's prisons.
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True
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