CHAPTER 3 LESSON FOUR SOUTHERN COLONIES

CHAPTER 3 VOCABULARY WORDS USED IN THIS LESSON Indentured servant- laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America Constitution- a list of fundamental laws to support a government Debtor- person or country that owes someone else money

VIRGINIA The settling of Jamestown in 1607 was the start of English settlement in North America and the beginning of the Virginia colony Virginia grew from planting and harvesting tobacco In order to produce large amounts of tobacco, Virginia landowners used enslaved Africans to work the fields. Many people also came as indentured servants.

MARYLAND Maryland was founded in 1634 by Cecilius Calvert as a safe place where Catholics could settle. Even though this was the case, there were also Protestants who settled in Maryland. In order to protect Catholics’ rights, the government in Maryland established the Acts of Toleration in 1649

CAROLINA Originally, North and South Carolina were settled as one colony called simply Carolina. Carolina was established in 1663 by King Charles II Like the settlers in Virginia, farmers in Carolina grew tobacco Carolina was most known for growing rice and indigo.

GEORGIA James Oglethorpe started this colony where debtors and poor people could start over in The British hope Georgia would be a buffer between Spanish colonies in the south and the rest of the English colonies. Georgia became a place where poor people and religious refugees from Eastern Europe settled. However, few debtors settled there.