What attracted Europeans to the colony of Georgia?
Many of the people that settled in Georgia, during the colonial period, were from the English lower class. Most were in debt back in England, some to the extent that they were indentured to wealthier land owners.In 1732, King GeorgeII, granted the charter for the colony to a group of trustees led by an English general and philanthropist named James Edward Oglethorpe. He, and other trustees encouraged the settlers to make something of thierselves by using the natural resources and good farmland the colony provided, to produce goods for England, thus relieving the crown of dependency on foriegn goods. The colony, due to its geographical location, also created a buffer between the English and Spanish colonies, which were located in Florida. What had started out as a charitable settlement for Englishmen on the verge of debtors prison, at once became a very important colony, and military post in the New World. The first settlers made home in Savannah, in 1733. Oglethorpe, and the trustees s
