The Appalachian Mountains provided a natural barrier to the western expansion of the English Colonies in America, or so some thought.
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Maryland was created as a refuge for English Catholics. Georgia was created in order as a barrier between the the English colonies and the Spanish colonies. The English wanted to discourage Spanish expansion.
The colony of Georgia, founded in 1732, was as a buffer state (or a border), between Spanish Florida and the southern part of the British colonies (South Carolina). General James Oglethorpehoped that Georgia that would defend the southern part of the colonies from Spanish Florida, as he imagined a province populated by "sturdy farmers" that could guard the border; because of this, the colony's charter prohibited slavery.
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