Question

How did the allotment of property to colonists in savannah illustrate Oglethorpe's hope of providing economic opportunity to the poor?

Answer 1

The idea was to offer a new inception for England's working poor and to establish the colonies by expanding trade.

Oglethorpe named the thirteenth colony as Georgia after King George II, and Savannah became the first city of Georgia.

Under the agreement, the colony was established to benefit the poor, to expand trade, and to grant a protecting buffer between the northern English provinces and the Spanish in Florida.

The vision was creating Savannah which was considered as lowest and poorest of the colonies would serve as a spiritual haven for all but Catholics were forbidden from the new colony.

For allotment of property,  colonists had to accept to stay for three years and have to spend the first year on public activities. Colonists are required to plant 100 mulberry trees on every ten acres of their land have to feed silkworms, which was considered an industry that never developed.

Land use regulations restricted individual holdings to 500 acres, with each family sustaining a reward of 50 acres. Parcels were not be shared, sold, leased, swapped, mortgaged, or willed. They could be acquired only by a son willing to work on the land. Otherwise, parcels returned to the administrators.

These combined policies of welfare, collectivism, and land use was enforced by Oglethorpe's in hope of providing economic opportunity to the poor.

Answer 2

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