1. Southern Cool-onies

2. The Carolinas

3. Background Charter granted by King Charles II in 1663
Began as just CAROLINA, not split into North and South YET
Power in the Carolinas was split between 8 nobles called the “Lord Proprietors”
These nobles were selected because they did something to help King Charles retake the throne in England ( REVIEW TIME – WHO DID CHARLES TAKE POWER FROM AND WHY?)
granted power to establish civil structures, to collect taxes and duties, and to maintain order, as well as to have certain game and mineral ownership.
Mostly incompetent – led to many folks not wanting to move there, and also conflict with natives.

4. The (banana) Split
Divide grows between north and south part of Carolinas
Two different populations
North    Consisted mainly of small tobacco farmers from Virginia. Small family farms.
Many former indentured servants who acquired small plots of land
Became annoyed because people in the south looked down on them
Slavery not as prominent
South   Rich farmers with hugeeeee plantations
These huge plantations needed a lot of workers…guess who works these farms and produces all the wealth???
Headquarters located in Charleston
Because of these differences, a split was decided (probably) in 1712, and both flourished separately.

5. Maryland

6. Maryland
Rich in natural resources : forests, fish, and good farming land. Plantations grew tobacco, cotton, corn, vegetables, grains, and fruit. Livestock was also commonly raised in the Maryland Colony
Lord Baltimore (Sir George Calvent) given a charter in early 1632 by Protestant King Charles II, essentially as a way to get him out of England
Rising political star until he converts to Catholicism
Goes to US for religious freedom for Catholics…..oh and he dies later in 1632
Charter given to his son Cecil Calvert, who becomes the new Lord Baltimore

7. Act of Toleration (1689)
Freedom of religion to protect Catholics and protestants in Maryland
Early form of the first amendment – “free exercise of religion”
Made it illegal to talk about another persons religion in disparaging way (Not quite at the freedom of speech thing yet)
Interestingly, it made it illegal to talk bad or blaspheme God
The state of Maryland did restrict this act at numerous points in history though……so, folks still were not totally tolerant.

8. Georgia

9. Background
English Debt Law – people who owed money to the English crown could be put in jail until the debt was repaid (yeeesh).
Can they pay off the debt then? We got a problem
SOLUTION: Let’s create a colony where prisoners work off their debt as essentialy slave labor
Main leader: James Oglethorpe
Georgia also served as barrier
Spanish Florida to the South
13th colony