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The Southern Colonies

The Southern Colonies. Geography. Mason-Dixon Line – boundary between Mary- land and Pennsylvania and northern and southern states Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina Georgia Tidewater – flat lowland with swamps Piedmont – rolling hills

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The Southern Colonies

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  1. The Southern Colonies

  2. Geography • Mason-Dixon Line – boundary between Mary- land and Pennsylvania and northern and southern states • Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina Georgia • Tidewater – flat lowland with swamps • Piedmont – rolling hills • Climate – warm and humid – long growing season

  3. Virginia • Population – grew, then declined b/c of disease and difficult living conditions, then grew when death rate dropped

  4. Conflicts with Native Americans • Farmers took over more land to plant tobacco. • Two violent confrontations between Native • Americans and colonists • Colonists won. • Native Americans had to accept English rule.

  5. Bacon’s Rebellion • Wealthy tobacco planters bought all good land • No land for poor colonists on coast • Young men angry – without property they could not vote • Poor colonists moved inland (farmers) • Fighting broke out with Native Americans • Frontier farmers demanded governor protect them

  6. Bacon’s Rebellion cont. • Governor hesitated • Nathaniel Bacon – leader of frontier farmers led revolt known as Bacon’s Rebellion • Bacon became sick and died. Followers were hanged. • Governor could not stop settlers from moving on Native American land.

  7. Maryland • Founded by George Calvert • Wanted safe place for Catholics • Lord Baltimore (Calvert’s son) got assembly to pass Act of Toleration welcomed all Christians gave adult male Christians right to vote and hold office

  8. Carolinas • Northern part of Carolina (farmers) grew slower than southern part (planters) • North Carolina – lacked harbors and rivers farmers raised tobacco • South Carolina – planters grew rice and sugar used slave labor

  9. Georgia • Last of 13 colonies • Founded b/c feared Spain’s expansion and wanted protection for English debtors • James Oglethorpe – wanted debtors(people who owe money) to have a 2nd chance

  10. Tidewater Region • Along the coast • Had plantations (large farms) which grew rice sugar and cotton • Promoted slavery • Plantation system created: slaveholders slaves poor whites

  11. The Backcountry • Cut off from coast by poor roads and long distances • People lived on isolated farms • Lived simple, poor lives • Believed colonial governments on coast did not care about them

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