Topic: Assessing the Southern Colonies Contribution to “American Freedoms”.
Virginian Democracy 1619: House of Burgesses Propertied men Colonial self-government King James I tries to limit this (Royal Colony in 1624)
Maryland (1634) Lord Baltimore The Catholic Colony Degree of religious freedom Economic: Tobacco Plantations Influx of Protestant workers tension 1649: Act of Toleration
The Carolinas (1670) Rice, sugar, Indian slaves Slavery in the Carolinas (role of Barbados slave system) Charleston port North Carolina Migrants from Va. egalitarianism Carolinas separated in 1712
Georgia (1733) James Oglethorpe “Debtor’s Colony” Border between Spanish Florida and the Carolinas (A “Buffer” Colony) “Salvation” of both debtors and Indians Smallest population of all colonies
Conclusion Southern Colonies Contributions to “American Freedoms”