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When Georgia was founded in 1732, settlers in the British colonies to the north hoped that it would serve as a "buffer colony" to protect them from
A.
slaves escaping from Haiti and Barbados.
B.
the French in Louisiana and the Spanish in Florida.
C.
the Shawnee to the west and the Creek to the south.
D.
criminals from Jamaica and the Bahamas.

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B. the French in Louisiana and the Spanish in Florida.

Georgia (founded 1732 under James Oglethorpe) was created in part as a defensive buffer protecting the prosperous British colonies to the north—especially South Carolina—from Spanish Florida (and French encroachment from Louisiana).