Question

Whereas we are credibly informed, that many of our poor subjects are, through misfortunes and want of employment, reduced to great necessity, insomuch as by their labor they are not able to provide a maintenance for themselves and families; and if they had means to defray their charges of passage, and other expences, incident to new settlements, they would be glad to settle in any of our provinces in America where by cultivating the lands, at present waste and desolate, they might not only gain a comfortable subsistence for themselves and families, but also strengthen our colonies and increase the trade, navigation and wealth of these our realms."

- from the Charter of Georgia, 1732

Based on the passage, who is the King of England most likely addressing in the charter?
A) the poor and indebted citizens of England
B) slaves recently imported into the New World
C) young English men unable to find steady work
D) former landowners who recently lost their property in the American Revolution

Answer 1

The answer is A, I took the test on USATestPrep

Answer 2

A) the poor and indebted citizens of England

Step-by-step explanation:

He is offering a way of going out of debt by going to settle in the new colonies in America, they needed more and more settlers to grow and cultivate the lands, and there weren´t not nearly many enough to populate america, so he made a speech to invite the poor and indebted citizens of England to go in search of better fortune.