The southern colonies Flashcards
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A safe place
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Refuge
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A group of people with the power to make or change laws
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Legislature
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A person who owes money
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Debtor
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Virginia
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- largest and wealthiest English colony,had the first elected government
- in 1607 became the first permanent colony
- colonists first came to look for gold but many started plantations
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- a large farm on which crops are raised by workers who live on the farm
- most plantation workers were indentured servants or enslaved Africans
- farmers became wealthy by growing cash crops such as tobacco and rice
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Plantation
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House of burgesses
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- in 1619 became the representatives in Virginia’s legislature
- colonist elected representatives but only planters and other white men who owned property were allowed to vote or be elected
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- began in 1632 when King Charles I of England gave land to Cecilius Calvert (known as lord Baltimore)
- Calvert hope to make Maryland a refuge for Catholics
- in 1649 Maryland government passed the toleration act it was the first law in North America to promise all Christians worship freely
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Maryland
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Carolinas
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- in the late 1600s England ,France and Spain all claimed land south of Virginia
- King Charles the second wanted to start another colony on this land and he formed a new colony called Carolina
- The city of Charlestown later called Charlston grew large and wealthy
- The southern part of the Colony had good farmland and excellent harbors the north did not and grow more slowly
- in 1729 Carolina became to colonies North and South Carolina
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- in 1732 King George the second started another colony to keep the Spanish and French away from South Carolina
- The land was given to James Oglethorpe in English lawmaker and army officer
- The new colony was named Georgia in honor of King George
- Oglethorpe want Georgia to be a place for poor people and Debtors
- Georgian colonist could not drink alcohol could not own slaves or elect their own legislature
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Georgia
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Cash crops
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- in Virginia and Maryland tobacco was the main cash crop
- Rice was important food for southern farmers who learned to grow it from African workers
- indigo was a plant that can be made into a dark blue dye
- Eliza Lucas Pinckney developed a type of indigo that was much easier to grow
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- biggest southern city a busy center of trade and the capital of south Carolina
- had a diverse population of English ,Scott Irish, French and west Indian
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Charlston
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Southern plantations
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- large ,needed many workers ,near a river or stream
- plantation workers were usually enslaved Africans
- planters lived in luxury
- parents hired teachers to instruct reading and writing and ,spend their free time riding horses and hunting
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- Run by families including a small number of servants or slaves
- usually poor and farmed mostly for their survival
- children learn to read and write if their parents could teach then
- children started helping around the house and farm at an early age
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Small farms
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-A person who watches and directs the work of other people
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Overseer
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Spiritual
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-an African American religious folk song
