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Foundation of the Southern Colonies
Chapter 3 Pages
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Timeline: Foundation of the Southern Colonies
North Carolina South Carolina Maryland 1650 1700 1750 1600 Georgia Virginia Carolina
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Focus Questions Why was the South attractive for colonization?
Why were Maryland and Georgia created? Why was Carolina “a colony of a colony”?
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Geography coastal plain moderate to richly fertile soil
warm/mild temperatures long growing season
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Maryland George and Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore
Haven for Roman Catholics Few settlers → Toleration Act (1649) Difficult labor of tobacco farming Baltimore (port)
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Carolina: “Colony of a colony?”
Settlers from Barbados Wealthy but needed land to expand business Founded Charleston Refuge for French protestants Expanded slavery Divided into North and South after becoming a royal colony (1729)
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Georgia James Oglethorpe haven for debtors in England
rooted government in high moral standards seen as a buffer from the Spanish in Florida transformed to a “southern” colony when it became a royal colony (1752)
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