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The SOUTHERN COLONIES
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2. Southern Colonies What were the Southern Colonies? Virginia Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia

3. Southern Colonies Who founded the Southern Colonies?
VA = Virginia Company
MD – Lord Baltimore
NC and SC: 8 nobles
GA: James Oglethorpe

4. The Southern Colonies Why did people come to the Southern Colonies?
Money and land
MD: Catholics
GA: for debtors

5. Southern Colonies What was life like in the Southern Colonies?
Government:
VA House of Burgesses = legislature
Each colony followed the precedent (example)
All became royal colonies

7. Southern Colonies What was life like in the Southern Colonies?
Economy: Based on environment.
Tidewater = near water had plantation slavery (rice, indigo, and tobacco)
Backcountry = small farms grew grain and raised livestock

10. Southern Colonies Slavery:
Slaves traveled to America over the deadly “Middle Passage”
Slave codes took away rights
Few people owned slaves
Slaves were important to the rich “planters” who owned many!
What was life like in the Southern Colonies?

11. Southern Colonies What was life like in the Southern Colonies?
Religion:
Act of Toleration – MD protected religious freedom
Religion was not as important to everyday life in the South

12. Southern Colonies Importance?
Why were the Southern Colonies important?
Making money became the primary motivation of most people
Economy was based on plantation slavery
Powerful landowners were slave owners who needed the slaves.
Fewer cities and little manufacturing (smaller than the North)