Answer:
The English general and founder of the colony of Georgia was James Oglethorpe.
Explanation:
In 1732, Oglethorpe and his fellow associates were given a royal concession for the province of Georgia between the Savannah River and the Altamaha.
Georgia was a key area between two colonies. It was Oglethorpe's idea that the prisoners for debts were released and sent to Georgia. Although it has often been repeated that Britain would thus have rid itself of undesirable elements, it was precisely the "precious poor" that Oglethorpe wished to have in Georgia. In the end, however, there were few of them who moved there, while the settlers included Scots with pioneering spirit, poor English traders and artisans, refugees for religious reasons from Switzerland, France and Germany and a number of Jewish refugees.
