This group of Protestants was allowed to settle in Georgia after suffering religious persecution in Europe. They established the towns of Ebeneezer and New Ebeneezer

Answer 1

The group of Protestants that was allowed to settle in Georgia after suffering religious persecution in Europe and established the towns of Ebenezer and New Ebenezer were the Salzburgers. They were followers of the Lutheran faith and hailed from the Archbishopric of Salzburg in present-day Austria. In the 1730s, they faced religious persecution under the rule of Archbishop Leopold Anton von Firmian and sought refuge in the English colony of Georgia. The colony's founder, James Oglethorpe, granted them land and permitted them to establish their own towns, named after the biblical reference to Ebenezer, meaning "stone of help." The Salzburgers became successful farmers and traders in Georgia and contributed significantly to the colony's development.