Fill in the Blanks Establishment of Georgia Online version Why did Great Britain Establish Georgia as a Colony? by Aaron Stinson 1 plants charitable defense three buffer founding colony military economic Oglethorpe offered reasons for the colony : ( 1 ) , the new colony would be home to deserving poor ; ( 2 ) , the new would be a between South Carolina and Spanish Florida ; and ( 3 ) , the new colony would grow England was then buying from other countries .