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87. Founding of Georgia, 1732.
87．佐治亞的創建（1732年）
In those days it was the custom in England to send persons who could not pay their debts to prison. Of course many of these poor debtors were really industrious persons whom misfortune or sickness had driven into debt. General Oglethorpe, a member of Parliament, looked into the prison management. He was greatly affected by the sad fate of these poor debtors, and determined to do something for them. With a number of charitable persons he obtained a part of South Carolina for a colony, and named it Georgia for George II, who gave the land. Parliament also gave money. For the government thought it very desirable to have a colony between the rich plantations of Carolina and the Spanish settlements in Florida.
在這段時間英格蘭的一個慣例是將那些無力還債的人送進監獄，當然，這些貧窮的負債者中多數其實是勤勞的人，他們因為走了霉運或者疾病而負債。議員奧格爾索普將軍到監獄中去調查，這些貧窮負債者的悲慘命運讓他感到震驚，他決定為他們做些事。奧格爾索普將軍和許多有善心的人獲得南卡羅萊納的一塊土地作為殖民地，并根據給他們土地的喬治二世的名字命名它為佐治亞。議會也拿出錢，因為政府認為，在富足的卡羅萊納種植園與佛羅里達西班牙人聚居地之間擁有一處殖民地非常可取。
88. Georgia, 1733—52.
88．佐治亞（1733——1752年）
Naturally Oglethorpe had no difficulty in getting colonists. For the poor debtors and other oppressed persons were very glad to have a new start in life. Savannah was founded in 1733. The Spaniards, however, were not at all glad to have an English colony planted so near Florida. They attacked the Georgians, and Oglethorpe spent years in fighting them. The Georgia colonists found it very difficult to compete with the Carolina planters. For the Carolinians had slaves to work for them, and the proprietors of Georgia would not let the Georgians own slaves. Finally they gave way and permitted the colonists to own slaves. But this so disheartened the Georgia proprietors that they gave up the enterprise and handed the colony over to the king. In this way Georgia became a royal province.
自然，奧格爾索普毫不費力地獲得了殖民地居民的擁戴，因為貧窮的負債者和其他受壓迫的人非常愿意開始過新生活，1733年他們創建薩凡納。然而，西班牙人一點也不愿意在距離佛羅里達如此近的地方安插一個英國的殖民地，他們攻擊佐治亞人。奧格爾索普花了幾年的時間與他們交戰。佐治亞殖民地居民發現自身很難與卡羅萊納的殖民地居民競爭，因為卡羅萊納人有奴隸為他們干活，而佐治亞的所有者不讓佐治亞人擁有奴隸。最后，他們做出讓步，允許擁有奴隸，但是，這令佐治亞人極度沮喪，他們放棄手頭產業將這個殖民地交給國王，這樣佐治亞變成了王室的一個省。
