Aim: How were the southern colonies different?

Mason Dixon Line Divides Middle Colonies from Southern Colonies Named after the men who surveyed the line Charles Mason Jeremiah Dixon

Lord Baltimore and Maryland Lord Baltimore was Roman Catholic and wanted to build a colony where they could practice freely Made colony available to Protestants as well as Catholics Act of Toleration – provided religious freedom to all Christians

Bacon’s Rebellion New comers to the area had to go onto Native land for farmland Lead to conflict with Natives 1676 Nathaniel Bacon lead raids on Natives friendly or not Lead followers in burning down Jamestown Revolt fell apart after Bacon’s sudden death 23 of Bacon followers hung for part in rebellion

The Carolinas Northern part poor tobacco farmers from Virginia (small farms) Southern part wealthy and had larger farms The growing of rice and indigo (plant used to make blue dye) lead to rise of slave labor

Georgia Later allowed people to start large plantations and have slave labor. Started by James Oglethrope Colony where debtors, people who owe money, could get a fresh start

Two Ways of Living Tidewater Plantation Along Atlantic Coast Large Plantations and slave labor Plantation life revolved around the Great House Grew tobacco and rice Backcountry Smaller fields of tobacco or garden crops Largely self-sufficient Few enslaved Africans

Slavery The growing of tobacco and rice lead to increase need of slave labor Middle Passage Middle part of the slave trade Was the trip the slave ships made from Africa to the Americas Conditions was cramped and dirty Slave Codes Rules that denied slaves their basic rights Slaves property not humans