Which of the Following Statements About Georgia Is Not Correct

question 59

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about Georgia is not correct?

• A) It was supposed to flourish by exporting expensive commodities such as wine and silk.
• B) For a time it was the only English colony where slavery was forbidden.
• C) It was created in part from land bought from the Creek Indians.
• D) In its first decade, half of Georgia's immigrants came from Germany, Switzerland, and Scotland, and most had their overseas passage paid by the government.
• E) It was populated by large numbers of shiftless debtors who otherwise would have had to rot in jail.

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