Which of the following was the primary interest of the British government in approving James Oglethorpe's Georgia colony?

A. Thwarting Spanish claims in the area south of Carolina
B. Increasing immigration to the southern colonies
C. Providing an asylum for British debtors
D. Developing new lands for rice production

Question

Which of the following was the primary interest of the British government in approving James Oglethorpe's Georgia colony? 
 
     A. Thwarting Spanish claims in the area south of Carolina 
B. Increasing immigration to the southern colonies 
C. Providing an asylum for British debtors 
D. Developing new lands for rice production

micahmglomski · Answer

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James Edward Oglethorpe by Alfred Edmund Dyer.jpg ... 5.1 Primary sources ... In 1728, three years before conceiving the Georgia colony, Oglethorpe chaired a .... In 1739, during the War of Jenkins' Ear, fought between British Georgia and ... He immediately put his troops at the disposal of the government forces