Southern Colonies

Question 1

What is a debtor

Answer 1

people who had been put in prison for owing money

Question 2

what is a back country

Answer 2

land in back of the area settled by Eurpeans

Question 3

who were the Calverts

Answer 3

People who created Maryland and wanted to build a colony in North America that would make money and be a refuge for Catholics

Question 4

Why did people struggle to make a living on small farms

Answer 4

many colonists were indentured servants and they could not grow enough tobacco to keep up with the plantations

Question 5

Capital of Virginia

Answer 5

Williamsburg

Question 6

How are the governments of Maryland and Virginia the same and different

Answer 6

Same because both had governors and elected assemblies.

Different- Virginia is a royal colony owned by a king and Maryland is a proprietary colony owned by the Calverts

Question 7

What is the Toleration Act

Answer 7

Maryland passed it and gave religions to all christians in the colony

Question 8

How was the Charter for the Carolinas divided up

Answer 8

8 English leaders called Lords Proprietary

Question 9

What did the Constitution of Carlolina state

Answer 9

let free white male colonist choose some leaders and make some laws but most of power belonged to Lords Proprietary and king

Question 10

why did Carolinas colonists get split apart

Answer 10

Hard to govern, too large, colonists did not follow laws

Question 11

What was James Oglethorpe’s plan for Georgia

Answer 11

Send English Debtors to settle land and a chance to start a new life

Question 12

Why did Georgia’s leaders allow slavery in 1751

Answer 12

Helped boost economy because large plantations started. King owned colony now.

Question 13

What is the Piedmont and why is it called the Backcountry? Why did people settle here?

Answer 13

land between Coastal plains and Appalachain mountain. In back of the area settled by Europeans. Better land, less crowded and a chance to start a new life.

Question 14

Overseer

Answer 14

person hired to watch enslaved workers

Question 15

Planter

Answer 15

plantation owner

Question 16

Why did many colonial governments make slavery legal

Answer 16

They needed more workers

Question 17

Describe how slaves were treated

Answer 17

Depends on owner, often beaten and abused. Difficult to escape but some did try. Not free to speak out against slavery. Dealt with hardships by singing songs and telling stories.

Question 18

How did most people in Southern Colonies make money

Answer 18

farmed on plantations and produced cash crops.

Question 19

What were a small amount of slaves allowed to do

Answer 19

Buy freedom and start farms. Some bought relatives to free them.

Question 20

How did the Seminole tribe help runaway slaves

Answer 20

Gave them food shelter. Gave them land if they gave back 1/3 of the land, dressed like Seminoles and spoke their language.

Question 21

What is Fort Mose? Where is it?

Answer 21

First settlement in North America for free Africans in Florida

Question 22

Interdependence

Answer 22

Depending on one another for economic resources

Question 23

Broker

Answer 23

Person paid for buy and sell for someone else

Question 24

Why were plantations so important to the economy of the southern colonies

Answer 24

produced tons of cash crops which were shipped to west indies

Question 25

What were cash crops for Virginia, Maryland and Northern North Carolina

Answer 25

Tobacco

Question 26

What were cash crops for Southern North Carolina and Georgia

Answer 26

Rice

Question 27

What was cash crops for South Carolina

Answer 27

Rice and Indigo

Question 28

Explain interdependence

Answer 28

Merchants provided plantations goods and service, plantations gave merchants cash crops and other raw materials

Question 29

Why was tobacco difficult to grow

Answer 29

Required many workers and took up a lot of land. After 7 years tobacco plants used all nutrients in the soil to clear more land

Question 30

How did location affect where plantations and cities were located

Answer 30

Needed to located on River near ports to make it easier to ship good.