Southern Colonies

Question 1

______ became the first permanent English colony in 1607

Answer 1

Virginia

Question 2

A little over a hundred years later, England had settled the remaining colonies in the south: ____, ____, ____, _____.

Answer 2

Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia

Question 3

A wealthy family named _____ founded Maryland in _____ when King Charles I signed the colonial charter.

Answer 3

Calvert, 1632

Question 4

The two reasons that George Calvert (also known as Lord _____) wanted to settle in Maryland were 1) _______ 2) _______

Answer 4

Baltimore, safe place for catholics, make money

Question 5

The first city in Maryland was called _______ near the _____River. It was established by _____

Answer 5

Saint Marys City, Potomac, Cecilius Calvert

Question 6

The first governor of Maryland, ______, knew about the terrible history of Jamestown and ______ so he planned ahead to prevent his people from ______.

Answer 6

Leonard Calvert, Roanoke, a period of starvation

Question 7

In Maryland, colonial leaders helped ______ servants start their own farms by giving them _______, _______ and ax, two_______, and three barrels of ______.

Answer 7

indentured, 50 acres of land, suit of clothes, hoes, corn

Question 8

IN 1649, Maryland passed the _____ Act which granted Christians religious freedom.

Answer 8

Toleration

Question 9

King Charles II granted a charter to eight noblemen known as the ________ to stat a colony between Virginia and Florida.

Answer 9

Lords Proprietors

Question 10

They chose a Virginian named ______ to be governor and in 1669 wrote the Fundamental ________ of Carolina so that colonists could make their own _____.

Answer 10

William Drummond, Constitution, laws

Question 11

Farmers in the Carolinas had a hard time finding a good cash crop until they start planting _____. This helped make the _______,

Answer 11

rice, prosper

Question 12

Because the colony was so huge, it was difficult to ______

Answer 12

govern

Question 13

In ______ it was divided into two parts now now as North Carolina and South Carolina

Answer 13

1712

Question 14

Huge farms known as _______ developed in South Carolina where they discovered they could grow_______, which is a plant used to make blue dye.

Answer 14

Plantations, indigo

Question 15

____ ______ ______ , helped indigo become an important ____ when she found a very high quality indigo plant from the Caribbean.

Answer 15

Eliza Lucas Pinckey, cash crop

Question 16

In 1732, King George II gave ________ and 19 partners a charter to start a new colony south of the Carolinas.

Answer 16

James Oglethorpe

Question 17

At the time, the land was also claimed by _____ and ______

Answer 17

Spain, France

Question 18

Oglethorpe had the idea to get people out of ____ prison so that they could start a new life and pay their debts at the same time.

Answer 18

debtor

Question 19

Each debtor was offered _____ of land

Answer 19

50 acres

Question 20

Oglethorpe did not allow _______ with the Native Americans or _______

Answer 20

trading, slavery

Question 21

When Oglethorpe and his partners lost their charter in 1752, it became a _____ colony and _____ was allowed

Answer 21

royal, slavery

Question 22

Georgia’s most important cash crop was _____

Answer 22

rice

Question 23

By 1700, Virginia was the _______ English colony

Answer 23

largest

Question 24

Transportation began to improve as people traveled by _______

Answer 24

ferry boats

Question 25

In 1699, that capital of Virginia moved to _______

Answer 25

Williamsburg

Question 26

Williamsburg’s first ______, the Virginia Gazette, started in 1736

Answer 26

newspaper