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Why did the Huguenots come to present-day Georgia in the 1700s

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because they wanted to practice their religion freely

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Answer & Explanation:

Huguenots were French Calvinists who fled religious persecution under Louis XIV; they came to Georgia via South Carolina.

A large Huguenot community in South Carolina dates from the 1680s, and some of its members crossed into Georgia as early as the 1730s.

Lacking a French Protestant church in Georgia, Huguenots often affiliated with Anglican congregations.

John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church, reported visiting a French-speaking village near Savannah in 1737.

By 1745 an Anglican priest in Savannah offered to hold services in French for their benefit.

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