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THE SOUTHERN COLONIES

THE SOUTHERN COLONIES. Vocabulary. Proprietary Colony Colony governed by a single owner Royal Colony Colony ruled by the King’s appointed officials Act of Toleration Maryland law that forbid religious persecution Tidewater

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THE SOUTHERN COLONIES

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  1. THE SOUTHERN COLONIES

  2. Vocabulary • Proprietary Colony • Colony governed by a single owner • Royal Colony • Colony ruled by the King’s appointed officials • Act of Toleration • Maryland law that forbid religious persecution • Tidewater • Flat land along the coast where they grew rice, tobacco, and indigo

  3. Vocabulary • Indigo • Plant that produces a deep blue dye • 1st successful cash crop in the colonies • Cash Crops • Crops raised to be sold for money • Indentured Servant • One who worked for a set time for free passage to the colonies • Headright • Land grant given to one who paid his way to the colonies

  4. The Southern Colonies • Maryland • Carolinas • Georgia • Virginia

  5. Maryland

  6. Founder • Lord Baltimore -Established the colony of Maryland for persecuted Catholics

  7. Georgia

  8. Founder James Oglethorpe founded in 1732 as a place where debtors could start over. • Started with smaller farms and no slavery • After plantations formed slavery was allowedand the colony grew quickly. • the last of the original thirteen colonies. Challenges from Spain and France led the king to desire a buffer zone between the cash crops of the Carolinas and foreign enemies

  9. Virginia

  10. Jamestown • In 1607 100 colonists were sent by the Virginia Company to establish a new settlement in the new world • They travelled into the Chesapeake Bay and up the James River to find a location safe from the Spanish • They named it Jamestown in honor of King James I • It was the 1st successful English settlement in America

  11. Founder

  12. John Smith • “There were never Englishmen left in a foreign country in such misery as we were in this newly discovered Virginia” • Took command of Jamestown in 1608 after the winter had almost decimated the new settlement • Motto • “Work or Starve”

  13. House of Burgesses • Was the 1st Representative Assembly in the colonies • Established in 1619, had the power the create laws and raise taxes • Notable Members • George Washington • Thomas Jefferson • Patrick Henry

  14. Bacon’s Rebellion 1676 • The Rebellion was against Virginia Governor William Berkeley. Bacon was upset that he favored plantation owners and high taxes • Also, Indentured Servants were unable to find adequate land in the Tidewater region and were forced to fight Native Indians in the backcountry • Bacon demanded that Berkley help defend the frontier settlements. When he refused, Nathanial Bacon seized control of the House of Burgesses’ and burned Jamestown to the ground • The rebellion ended when Bacon became ill and died. 23 of Bacon’s captures were hanged and quartered

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