James Oglethorpe
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James Oglethorpe was born in England in 1696. The reason James is known for is because him and 20 other men made a plan to create a colony for debtors. The reason Oglethorpe wanted to create a colony for debtors was because of his best friend died in debtors jail. Debtors jail seemed very unfair to Oglethorpe.Oglethorpe also lead the colonization of Georgia.Oglethorpe’s main “mission” was to help the poor (debtors). Oglethorpe was elected to the House of Commons of whom makes laws.As you can see Oglethorpe was a very intelegent guy who helped debtors during the colonization of GA.