1. Southern Colonies Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
Georgia

2. Maryland
Lord Baltimore: A roman catholic, wished to escape religious persecution.

3. Carolina Carolina becomes North Carolina and South Carolina.
King Charles II gave land to 8 lord proprietors in thanks for help in restoring his throne after civil war.
Named Carolina, from Carolus, or Latin for Charles.

4. Carolina cont..
The southern part of the colony grew more prosperous than the northern part. In 1712, the colony officially split into North and South Carolina.

5. Georgia Started by a group of Englishmen called the Georgia Trustees.
First leader, James Oglethorpe, arrived in 1733 with 35 families.
Officially becomes a royal colony in 1752
Vocab: Plantations: A large farm on which crops are grown for sale and on which the people who raise the crops live.

6. Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ScZh2-QLOE

7. 13 COLONIES CHARACTERISTICS
NEW ENGLAND MASSACHUSETTS _______________ RHODE ISLAND NEW HAMPSHIRE MIDDLE NEW ________ NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA ____________
STARTED FOR _____________ FREEDOM
_____________ OR SEPARATISTS
_____________
COLD WINTERS/MILD SUMMERS
____________, SHIPPING,AND FISHING
ROCKY SOIL FOR POOR FARMING
_______________ TOLERATION (QUAKERS)
COLD ___________/ MILD SUMMERS
TRADERS, ________________
SOME FARMING…BETTER SOIL
RELIGIOUS
PILGRIMS
CONNECTICUT
PURITANS
MERCHANTS
YORK
RELIGIOUS
WINTERS
SHIPPING
DELAWARE

8. 13 COLONIES CHARACTERISTICS
SOUTHERN COLONIES MARYLAND ______________ NORTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAROLINA _____________
______________ COLONIES RELIGIOUS _____________ ____________ - GOOD GROWING SEASONS...______________ SOILS WARM SUMMERS/ _______ WINTERS
PROPRIETARY
TOLERATION
VIRGINIA
FARMING
FERTILE
GEORGIA
MILD