1. Southern Colonies Economic Freedom Agriculture: Cash Crops
Reason Founded
Economic Freedom
Agriculture: Cash Crops
Economy & Trade
Large plantations-Tobacco, rice, indigo; Slave Labor; Small farms; Hunted game; lumber; cattle
Government
Maryland's Act of Toleration
House of Burgesses
Major Influences on America
~Slavery-racism still exists (Laws implement to stop this-abolish Slavery (Individual Rights)
~Mason-Dixon Line (division of North & South)
~Individual Rights-Cultural Diversity
~Consent of the Governed-Representative Government (House of Burgesses)
~Individual Rights-Religious freedom (Maryland's Act of Toleration)—Rule of Law
~Individual Rights-Economic Freedom (cash crops, land)
~Individual Rights-Bacon’s Rebellion (challenge authority)—right to protest
~Individual Rights-Social Change (women own land)
Importance of Religion
Maryland’s Act of Toleration
Mostly Christians
Geography/Climate
Longest Growing Season
Fertile Soil