Compléter Establishment of Georgia Version en ligne Why did Great Britain Establish Georgia as a Colony? par Aaron Stinson 1 military buffer colony economic defense founding three plants charitable 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 .