Option: providing the home country with new markets.
Explanation:
Georgia was founded in 1732 by James Edward Oglethorpe after he received a charter to establish a colony. The settlers (debtors) given land to cultivate in the colony. The British interest was to increase trade and wealth for England. Georgia provides a market for the manufactured goods from England, which led to a trade policy in which colonies expected to supply raw materials to England. The English Crown expected the new colony to bring prosperity to England. The goal of mercantilism was for a balance of trade.
James' popularity with the colonists allowed him to "<span>stand against the wave of revolutions long after other colonies had rebelled" although it should be noted that he wasn't able to "escape" all of the uprisings. </span>
