Depends how you define failure. Like Australia, Georgia was founded to be a colony to move mostly Scots Irish debtors out of the crowded prison system while populating an area that was constantly being encroached by Spanish Florida. The problem was that the colony was still run like a prison, the men and their families there after all were expected to act as the militia, communities were supposed to be planned, and men were supposed to subject their properties to inspection by government officials, who expected that the settlers would be thankful enough to labor for free. It didn't help moral when alcohol was banned. The Scots Irish population which originated along the English Scottish border which was unstable for much of English history were use to a sort of anarchy and were know for being fiercely independent and resented the barracks like lifestyle they were expected to conform to, which is why many simply fled deep into the country. However putting this population known for being very combative as well as independent did keep the Spanish at bay.