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Southern Colonies Chapter 4 Section 3
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Page 1: Southern colonies

Southern ColoniesChapter 4Section 3

Page 2: Southern colonies

Mason-Dixon LineBoundary line

between PA and MD

Separated Middle and Southern Colonies

Named after two surveyors who marked the 400 mile boundary

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Maryland

Founded by Lord Baltimore, the son of Sir George Calvert, a Roman Catholic who lived in Protestant England.

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Charter granted in 1632

Settled in 1634Baltimore gave

large land grants to people with many servants and family members

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MarylandChesapeake Bay

area good for fish, crabs, oysters

Had a government assembly

Allowed Protestants, as well as Catholics

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ACT OF TOLERATION-1649 allowed freedom of religion only for all Christians

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VirginiaBegan with Jamestown 1607Tobacco was major cropWestward movement was causing

problems with Natives along the frontier

Colonists asked for help, but got none

Bacon’s Rebellion followed

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BACON’S REBELLION-1676 Nathaniel Bacon, a planter, led raids

against Indians, regardless of whether they were friendly or not

led followers to burn Jamestown, the capitalBacon died; rebellion fell apart23 of his followers hangedEnglish settlers would continue to move onto

frontier

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Carolinas1663- 8 English nobles received a grant from

King Charles I1712 North Carolina formed-mostly poor farmers

drifting down from VA1719 South Carolina formed- mostly wealthy

planters Charlestown(Charleston) became major city- Settlers

from Barbados; later were Germans, Swiss. French Protestants, and Spanish Jews

Rice and Indigo major crops Enslaved Indians, then Africans African slaves outnumbered white settlers by early 1700’s

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Georgia James Oglethorpe founded in 1732

as a place where debtors could start over.Started with smaller farms and no slavery

After plantations and slavery allowed, colony grew quickly.

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Tidewater v. Backcountry Life

TidewaterLarge plantations developed along

the coast and the rivers and creeks of the coastal plain.

Major crops were tobacco and rice.Slave labor was used (20-100 on

average). Africans brought farming skills and the ability to make things out of gourds and palmetto leaves.

Shipping ports developed into large cities like Charleston and Savannah.

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BackcountryThis was west of the Tidewater area.The Great Wagon Road took settlers to

the base of the Appalachians.People treated each other equallyThere were small farms, not plantations.They were self-sufficient farms, with

very few slaves, growing food crops and hunting,.

Life was harder, simpler, and more closely knit.


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