Question

Which reason was behind Oglethorpe’s welcoming of the Salzburgers to the new colony?a.He wanted hard working colonists to settle a new community and try to grow cotton. b.Forty of the colony’s settlers had died in the first year and Oglethorpe needed manpower for the colony to grow.c.He wanted to enslave the Salzburgers.d.He needed the Salzburgers’ money.

Answer 1

James Oglethorpe welcomed the Salzburgers to Georgia due to their industriousness and ability to help fulfill the colony's ambitions, contributing significantly to its development by establishing gristmills and sawmills, and attempting silk production.

Step-by-step explanation:

The reason behind James Oglethorpe’s welcoming of the Salzburgers to the new colony of Georgia was his desire to have hardworking and industrious settlers that could contribute to the success of the colony.

Oglethorpe appreciated the value of the Salzburgers because unlike many of the debt-ridden colonists, they were not in debt for their passage and thus were free to contribute immediately to the colony's development.

Additionally, the Salzburgers were successful in efforts that aligned with the Trustees' ambitions for Georgia to produce luxury items such as silk, being among the few who attempted and succeeded to some degree in raising silkworms. Their settlement, New Ebenezer, also saw the establishment of the colony’s first gristmills and sawmills, making it one of the most successful in Georgia.