Although initially conceived of by James Oglethorpe as a refuge for London’s indebted prisoners, Georgia was ultimately established in 1732 to protect South Carolina and other southern colonies...

The conflict between Spain and England over control of Georgia began in earnest in about 1670, when the English colony of South Carolina was founded just north of the missionary provinces of Guale and Mocama, part of Spanish Florida.Guale and Mocama, today part of Georgia, lay between Carolina's capital, Charles Town, and Spanish Florida's capital, San Agustín.

Georgia was founded to be a buffer between English North America and Spanish Florida, and in the hopes of its early leader, James Olglethorpe, a new... See full answer below. Become a member and...

There were two important reasons why Georgia was founded. The first was to give debtors a place to go to start anew, and the second was to have the newly founded colony serve as a barrier to prevent Spanish expansion from Florida. The state was first founded with the intention of having little landholding and no slavery.

The famous founder of the state of Georgia was James Oglethorpe. His main goal of founding this state was to help a lot of people in England who were facing a lot of ordeals and trial because of their numerous credits from one person or company to the other. These people practically have no place to call their own, no homes to lay their tired bodies, no land to till, no money to pay for their debts, no property to cherish and make them secure, in a word they were poor, hopeless nomads.

In 1733, James Oglethorpe founded Georgia. Georgia was founded for people in debt in England to have a place to start over. The colony of Georgia also created a buffer between the rest of the...