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Read the text below. Considered the founder of Georgia, James Oglethorpe proposed that the colony be a place for debtors to start a new life. He, as well as British leaders, recognized the strategic location of the colony in terms of protecting British holdings in the New World. Oglethorpe befriended Tomichichi, leader of the local Yamacraw Indian tribe. This alliance allowed for struggling English citizens, as well as refugees from Germany, France, and Switzerland, to settle in the colony.

Based on this information, it can be concluded that Oglethorpe viewed the Georgia Colony as an opportunity to accomplish which of the following?

civilizing American Indians by settling them in the colony

opening a profitable new market for the Atlantic slave trade

protecting British interests by improving relations with colonial rivals

providing European immigrants with opportunities to start new lives

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