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The colony was located between Florida and South Carolina. It's main purpose was to serve as a place where debtors in prison could go to start over and it was a barrier against the Spanish expansion from Florida.
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His idea was to create an asylum for the poor and the persecuted Protestants. The establishment of Georgia would also protect the northern colonies from Spanish and French intrudors. ... In November of 1732, 114 people left from the River Thames to settle Britain's new colony of Georgia. James Edward Oglethorpe was the moving force behind the founding of the colony. ... Founding a new colony to the south of South Carolina also served the strategic purposes of England, creating a barrier against the Spanish in Florida. In June 1732, King George issued a charter for the settlement of Georgia.
