The colony of georgia lying about the same latitude with part of china, persia, palistine, and the maderlas, it is highly probable that when hereafter it shall be well peopled and rightly cultivated, england may be supplied from thence with raw silk wine oil dyes [medicines] and many other materials for manufactures which she is obliged to purchase from southern countries.- james oglethorpe,1733 which statement about early georgia settlers is best supported by the information in the quotation they believed they would be dependent on importing goods from england. they thought they could benefit from the area's warm climate and fertile soil. they believed they could produce enough crops to be self-sufficient. they thought they could trade with countries in asia and the middle east.