1. Chapter 3 – Southern Colonies
Lesson 4

2. What will we learn today?
Today we will about life in the Southern Colonies.

3. Words to Watch For
indigo
overseer
spiritual

4. Lesson 3 – The Southern Colonies
Where?
Southern Colonies
What?
Life on farms and plantations
When?

5. The Southern Colonies

6. Southern Agriculture
The Southern Colonies’ economy was based on farming (agriculture).
Tobacco and rice crops made many colonists wealthy, but also resulted in the increase of indentured servants and enslaved Africans.

7. Crops of the Colonies Virginia & Maryland North Carolina
Tobacco
North Carolina
Small Tobacco farms
Pitch: made from pine syrup, sealed ships
South Carolina & Georgia
Rice: learned how to grow from enslaved Africans
Indigo: a plant used to make dark blue dye

8. Cities
There were fewer cities in the Southern Colonies than the New England, or Middle Colonies.

9. Charles Town
Charles Town in South Carolina (later to be Charleston) was the biggest.
Center for trade
Shipping of crops
Diverse population

10. Plantations Grounds Workers Planter’s Home Horse Stables Workshops
Gardens
Fields
Workers’ houses
Workers
Usually slaves
Field workers
Cooks
Maids

11. Tidewater Plantation

12. Small Farms
Most colonists were small farmers often living in the backcountry.
Usually family members or one or two servants or slaves lived there
Would sometimes have a small amount of crop left to sell

13. Family Life Plantations Small Farms Little education
Educated – learned to read and write
Boys learned to run a plantation.
Girls learned how to manage a household.
Small Farms
Little education
Children had to learn how to help around the home and farm at an early age.

14. Slavery First started with indentured servants, then slaves followed
By 1750, most slaves were in the Southern Colonies.

15. Harsh Life Slaves were bought and sold like property.
Usually were used as field workers or as a house slave
Worked morning until night
Very hard work
Could be whipped and punished by the overseer
Many died at an early age

17. African American Culture
Slaves often bonded together like a family
Many relied on the comfort of religion
Often would tell stories and sing spirituals- African-American religious folk song
Gullah - blend of African and English languages

18. “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”

19. In Summary
Most Southern Colonists lived in the backcountry on small farms.
Tobacco, rice, and indigo were important crops in the Southern Colonies.
The harsh system of slavery expanded as more and more plantations were started.

20. 1. The economy of the Southern Colonies was based on
A. agriculture.
B. industry.
C. rice.
D. fishing.

21. 2. Most of the colonists in the Southern Colonies were
A. carpenters.
B. plantation owners.
C. overseers.
D. backcountry farmers.

22. 3. Which colonies grew rice and indigo as their main crops?
A. Virginia and North Carolina
B. South Carolina and Georgia
C. Maryland and Virginia
D. North Carolina and South Carolina

23. 4. What was one difference between plantations and backcountry farms?
A. Backcountry farms had overseers.
B. Planters' children learned to read and write from their parents.
C. Backcountry farms were huge.
D. Farmers' children learned to read and write from their parents.

24. 5. Which sentence about slaves' lives is true?
A. Overseers made their lives easier.
B. Many slaves lived long lives.
C. Many slaves adopted Christianity.
D. Private teachers taught them spirituals.

25. Images