As visionary, social reformer, and military leader, James Oglethorpe conceived of and implemented his plan to establish the colony of Georgia. It was through his initiatives in England in 1732 that the British government authorized the establishment of its first new colony in North America in more than five decades.Click to see full answer. In respect to this, who were the important leaders of Georgia colony? Terms in this set (14) James Oglethorpe. Founder of the Georgia Colony who was inspired to start colony by the death of his friend, (Robert Castell) in debtor’s prison in England. Robert Castell. Tomochichi. 21 trustees. King George 2. Mary Musgrove. Noble Jones. Sam Nunes. One may also ask, which was a reason that England established Georgia as a colony? Another reason for the founding of the colony was as a buffer state and a “garrison province” which would defend the southern British colonies from Spanish Florida. Oglethorpe imagined a province populated by “sturdy farmers” who could guard the border; because of this, the colony’s charter prohibited slavery. Similarly one may ask, who founded the Georgia colony? James Edward Oglethorpe Who did the Georgia colony trade with?The major trade town that emerged in South Carolina was Charleston. Trade in the Georgia Colony used the natural resources and raw materials available to develop trade in Tobacco, cotton, rice, indigo (dye), lumber, furs, barrel staves, pottery, farm products. Their plantations produced sugar, rice, indigo and tobacco.
