James Oglethorpe and other Philanthropist wanted to help debtors have a new life. Before Oglethorpe could help the debtors he needed to find land for the debtors to live, so in 1729 Dr. Thomas Bray choose trustees to help establish the land. Before they could settle in the land they needed permission. So in 1730, Oglethorpe and the trustees gave a petition for the charter to the Privy Council. The council negotiated on letting the debtors and the poor move to start a new life. Although the Privy Council accepted, they made a set of rules for the trustees to follow. It wanted them to protect South Carolina and produce wine and silk for England. Since the trustees needed military defense, goods and materials for England, and a place for poor