1. The Southern Colonies

2. Names of the Southern Colonies
Virginia
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia

3. Reasons for Settlement
The founders of the Southern Colonies came to America seeking wealth in the form of land ownership.

4. Government
The colonists had self-government. There was a general assembly that made laws and the English King had the final say.
General assembly – The people who make, amend, or repeal laws.

5. Georgia Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe.
It was the 13th colony to be founded.

6. Why Georgia was Founded
Georgia was founded for two reasons:
1. A place to send England’s poor people who were in debtor prisons.
2. As a barrier between the Spanish in Florida and South Carolina.

7. Jamestown, Virginia
Jamestown was the first permanent English colony established in America.

8. Geography of the Southern Colonies
Rivers
Bays
Wetlands
Many areas with flat land and rich soil.
Inland there are a lot of hills and forests.

9. Climate of the Southern Colonies
Warm Climate
Hot summers
Cold winters
Humid
Lots of sunny days
Long growing season

10. Natural Resources fertile soil (rich farmland) fish ocean access
lumber (pine and hardwood forests)
wetlands (or swamps)
good coastal harbors
navigable rivers

11. Farming & Products There were abundant crops of: Cotton Sugarcane
Tobacco
Rice
Indigo
Indigo was important because it made a deep blue dye, which was put into large vats. Cotton and wool cloth was then added to color the material.

12. Farming & Products
The demand was great for the Southern Colonies products. Cloth and tobacco were wanted throughout Europe. They also sold to other colonies but mostly to England and other European countries.
Wheat, a little fish, timber, and furs were also products of the Southern Colonies.

13. Tobacco Plant

14. Jobs planters/farmers
indentured servants – Work for the things they need (food, water, housing, and clothes).
slaves – People who are owned and controlled by someone.
artisans/craftsman – welder, glassblower, or coppersmith.