Foundation of the Southern Colonies Chapter 3 Pages 102-103
Timeline: Foundation of the Southern Colonies North Carolina South Carolina Maryland 1650 1700 1750 1600 Georgia Virginia Carolina
Focus Questions Why was the South attractive for colonization? Why were Maryland and Georgia created? Why was Carolina “a colony of a colony”?
Geography coastal plain moderate to richly fertile soil warm/mild temperatures long growing season
Maryland George and Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore Haven for Roman Catholics Few settlers → Toleration Act (1649) Difficult labor of tobacco farming Baltimore (port)
Carolina: “Colony of a colony?” Settlers from Barbados Wealthy but needed land to expand business Founded Charleston Refuge for French protestants Expanded slavery Divided into North and South after becoming a royal colony (1729)
Georgia James Oglethorpe haven for debtors in England rooted government in high moral standards seen as a buffer from the Spanish in Florida transformed to a “southern” colony when it became a royal colony (1752)