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Southern Colonies

Southern Colonies. Colonizing Carolina. Civil disrupted colonization in the 1640’s King Charles I dismissed Parliament in 1629; Cromwell had him beheaded Charles II reclaimed throne in 1660  new colony named after him in 1670

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Southern Colonies

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  1. Southern Colonies

  2. Colonizing Carolina • Civil disrupted colonization in the 1640’s • King Charles I dismissed Parliament in 1629; Cromwell had him beheaded • Charles II reclaimed throne in 1660  new colony named after him in 1670 • Grew food for other colonies; settlers immigrated from other colonies

  3. Colonizing Carolina • 1707 – Savannah Indians left for Pennsylvania to find better relations with the Quakers • 1710 – coastal tribes were extinct • Rice emerges as export crop in Carolina • Premium prices were paid for West African slaves needed for cultivation. • Charlestown become dominant southern seaport

  4. Colonizing Carolina • Emergence of NC • Northern part of colony attracted religious dissenters • Repelled by aristocracy of VA • “squatters” grew tobacco on farms w/o slave labor • Distinctive traits • Poor, irreligious, hospitable to pirates • Isolated by geography: Outer Banks • Seperated from SC in 1712

  5. Colonizing Carolina • Constant clash with Indians • Battle the Tuscarrora in Newbern; enslaved hundreds and left others to wander • South Carolina defeated Yamasee Indians • Inland tribes were more resistant: Iroquois, Creek, and Cherokee continued to prosper

  6. Georgia: The Buffer Colony • Est. 1733; Savannah provided deep harbor • Two roles: • Served as buffer between Carolinas and Spanish Florida, French Louisiana • Served as haven for debtors • James Ogelthorpe: “Charity Colony” • Christian tolerance (except toward Catholics)

  7. Plantation Colonies • Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia • Tobacco and rice • Difficult to establish churches and schools • Overworked soil drove colonists westward

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