Settling the South Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia

REASONS FOR SETTLING Maryland – founded by Calverts –Make money –Refuge for Catholics –Grew tobacco (like Virginia

Carolinas More land Divided into north and south Rice

Georgia founded by Oglethorpe People who owed money settled land to start new life

Eventually plantations and slavery supported economy

Some settled backcountry

CONFLICTS: Tuscarora War – push away settlers Settlers kept moving onto Indian land

Many Indians died or moved

Life in the South

SLAVERY Many slaves worked on plantations Treatment depended on owners Preserved culture through stories and songs

PLANTATION AND FARM LIFE: Plantations: –Could be like small villages –Field and house slaves –Plantations were spaced far apart

Farms Most people lived on farms Did not usually own slaves

FREE AFRICANS Some escaped and some bought their freedom Quilt story – underground railroad quilt blocks

Indians and Spanish Florida helped escaped slaves

The Southern Economy

CASH CROPS Tobacco – needed a lot of land

Rice – needed warm, wet land

Indigo – needed dry land

TRADE AND INDUSTRIES Plantations – important part of Southern Colonies economy

Trade between England and West Indies Cities and plantations near ports or deep rivers were most successful

OTHER INDUSTRIES: Fur Forest Products Shipbuilding

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