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What events in Europe led to the Salzburgers seeking to settle in Georgia?

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D. To escape religious persecution.

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That's the whole reason they started the colony in the first place. To escape religious persecution.

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in 1731, they were expelled because they would not embrace certain religious beliefs. The trustees invited the salzburgers to come settle in Georgia. They were seeking religious freedom so they left England and they sailed over to georgia  
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