Option: C. providing the home country with new markets.
Explanation:
With the help of James Edward Oglethorpe, Georgia founded in 1732. The colony named after King George II of England, who gave the Royal Charter for the colony to be settle. The settlers were debtors who given land to cultivate and to start a new life. The British interest was to increase trade and wealth for England. Mercantilism was a factor in the establishment of the colony of Georgia. The colonists produce agricultural products like Rice, indigo and tobacco, which desired in England.
