Southern Colonies Flashcards
1
Q
List 9 products of the Southern Region
A
Cattle Fish Indigo Grain Iron Lumber Rum Rice Tobacco
2
Q
Describe the geography (climate and soil)
A
has rich soil and warm climate
3
Q
What were the two main cash crops in the South
A
tobacco and rice
4
Q
Where, in the South, were most plantations located?
A
Tidewater
5
Q
List seven things that you might find on a Plantation such as….
A
cabins barns stables carpenter/housekeeper storerooms kitchen chapel school
6
Q
Define Middle Passage
A
It was often the middle leg of the three part route known as triangle trade
7
Q
Because of slave codes, list some things that slaves could not do
A
Leave the plantation without slaveholders permission
Could not read or write
Could not run away
