Southern Colonies

Question 0

North Carolina

Answer 0

Est. in 1655 by William Berkley, Anthony Cooper, and John Smith, who is Cooper’s secretary. Founded to increase the English size and to help small farmers. Money-Maker = Tobacco

Question 1

Maryland

Answer 1

Established in 1632 by Cecil Calvert for it to become a refuge for Catholics, Money-Maker = Tobacco (Silt)

Question 2

South Carolina

Answer 2

Est. in 1670 by William Berkley, Anthony Cooper, and John Smith, who is Cooper’s secretary. Founded to increase the English size and to help small farmers. Money-Maker = Rice. Had many problems with the Indians. Was 2nd in importance to Virginia.

Question 3

Virginia

Answer 3

Est. in 1607 by John Smith, Thomas Dale, and John Rolfe to expand, and to discover gold. Also to be an outpost to watch Spain. Money-Maker= Tobacco

Question 4

Georgia

Answer 4

Est. in 1732 by James Olgerthorpe to become a buffer colony between Florida and South Carolina. Money-Maker=Rice and lumber

Question 5

Cash Crop

Answer 5

A crop grown by a farmer for sale rather than for personal use

Question 6

Slave

Answer 6

People who were considered the property of others

Question 7

Triangular Trade

Answer 7

The transatlantic system of trade in which goods and people, including slaves, were exchanged between Africa, Europe, the West Indies, and North America

Question 8

Middle Passage

Answer 8

The voyage that brought enslaved Africans to the West Indies and later to North America

Question 9

Stono Rebellion

Answer 9

A 1739 uprising of slaves in South Carolina, leading to the tightening of already harsh slave laws

Question 10

Bicameral

Answer 10

A 2 house legislative body of government established in Maryland

Question 11

What 3 things did the “Fundamental Constitution of the Carolinas” provide?

Answer 11

• Religious Tolerance
• Army
• Head Rights