In 1733 a group of Philanthropists led by James Oglethorpe established Georgia. Where James Oglethorpe decided to ban liquor and slaves. The settlers did not like the idea and demanded their rights of self-government. Oglethorpe repealed the bans on liquor and slaves by the early 1750's. Even though liquor and slavery were banned at some point some settlers actually wanted both to stay banned. In 1733 rice cultivation was developed by philanthropists led by James Oglethorpe. What he wanted to create was a colony with "worthy poor" where England is able to find economic opportunities. While the British colony wanted the colony to be defensive against the Spanish and their allies (Indians) in Florida. By 1740 colonists were looking forward to appealing the English liberty of self-government to be able to own slaves.
The 18th century Great Britain was proud of its self for being advanced and being the freest nation in the world at the time. Most British people shared a common law, language, and a common enemy in France and believed that wealth, religion, and freedom was the way to go.
The British Constitution is the sense of the British identity which was the concept of liberty. The British liberty was a …show more content…
The members of the British society included laborers, sailors, artisans and even slaves. The liberty meant more than just privileges in the social class, it became to be defined as the general right to resist any judgment without restrictions that come from the government. Ordinary people petitioned liberty, merchants charged above the "just price" or the officers of the Royal Navy was involved in "impressment", which would consist of kidnapping poor men in public to help on the Navy's ships. In the Anglo-American world liberty was central to two sets of political ideas and today they are called "republicanism" and