1. Southern Colonies

2.  Maryland-1633  Virginia-1607  North Carolina-1653  South Carolina-1663  Georgia-1732

3.  1619-Virginia House of Burgesses- 1 st Representative Government

4.  Long Growing Season  Hot Climate  Flat Land with fertile soil  Lots of Rivers to transport goods  All of the major Colonies along the coast

5. The Southern Colonies were not dominated by a single religion which gave way to more liberal attitudes and some religious freedom.

6.  Primarily Anglican and Baptist churches throughout all of the southern colonies  Taxes helped to support the church

7.  Maryland was established as a refuge for English Catholics by Cecilius Calvert, also known as Lord Baltimore.

8.  Mercantilism was very prevalent in the southern colonies  Plantations and Small Farms  Grew Tobacco, Rice, Indigo, Cotton  Pig Farming

10. Slave labor used throughout the south. Although not the large scale plantations that we think of with the Civil War.

11.  Abundance of land and a lack of workers led to a need for slaves  Indentured servants and slave labor became necessary for plantation owners  Slavery was legal in all the colonies by 1700

12.  There were no public schools, and very few private schools available.  Rich families would hire private tutors to come to the house or plantation school and teach children