Southern Colonies Test Flashcards
What is the plantation system?
-Large agricultural centers
-wealthy planters- grow and export lots of cash crops
-“small cities” everyone had a job and lived and worked on the plantation
What was the Planter’s life like?
Beautiful homes
life of luxury (hunting trips and sports for fun)
How did Planer’s children get their education?
Private tutors were hired because plantations were too spread out to get children to school daily
What did Overseers do?
supervised indentured servants and enslaved workers to keep things running smoothly
Who were the laborers on a Plantation?
enslaved workers and indentured servants
What jobs did enslaved workers and indentured servants have on the plantation?
worked in fields
few had artisan positions (blacksmith, cooper)
cooks, personal assistants or nannies
Why did families go for long stretches of time without seeing other people?
Farms were very large spread out many miles in between
Where did most colonists live in the Southern Colonies?
Small farms
What is a social class?
A group of people with similar wealth, influence and power
Why were social classes important?
The higher the social class the more money and power you had
How many social classes where there?
4
The highest social class:
who?
education?
wealthy?
held office?
large land/plantation owners
men, wealthy, educated, held public office
The second highest social class:
who?
education?
wealthy?
held office?
small farmers, artisans, merchants, doctors, lawyers, ministers
moderate education, comfortable lives; able to vote
The third social class:
who?
education?
wealthy?
held office?
poor white men: tenant farmers, apprentices, manual workers, sailors, semi-skilled tradesman
couldn’t read, not allowed to vote/hold office, rarely owned land; families had to work to help support
What is the lowest social class?
indentured servants
enslaved people
Name the 5 Southern Colonies.
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Who founded Maryland?
Lord Baltimore inherited millions on acres from his father (Sir George Calvert)
Why was Maryland founded?
to give Roman Catholics a safe place to settle
Who founded Virginia?
The Virginia Company
Why was Virginia founded?
business venture (tobacco)
Who founded North and South Carolina?
Virginia colonists received a charter from King Charles II
Why were North/South Carolina founded?
cash crops
Who founded Georgia?
James Oglethorpe
Why was Georgia founded?
- her wanted a place for debtors to work off their debts through farming
- to create a buffer zone between English to the north and Spanish to the south.
What was the Southern Colonies Economy based on?
Cash crops (things grown just to sell)
What was the geography and climate like?
warm, moist, long growing season
How did they transport the cash crops?
Large rivers
What were the cash crops?
tobacco, iron, lumber, pork, corn, indigo, rice, cotton, sugar, wheat
Which 3 colonies grew tobacco?
Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina
Which 3 colonies grew indigo and rice?
North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia
Who appointed the governors?
The King of Great Britain
What was the Governor’s Council?
Wealthy men who gave the governor advice and decided court cases
What was the Colonial Assembly?
made up of men who’d been elected by other colonist (gave colonists a voice in their colony)
