Southern Colonies 2.5
strict rules for Savannah:
- farms could be no bigger than 500 acres - slavery was forbidden
1634, about ________ colonists landed along the upper ________________________ Bay, across the _____________ River from Virginia
200, Chesapeake, Potomatic
The largest settlement ___________________ (later shortened to ________________________)
Charles town, Charleston
___________________________, a respected English soldier and energetic social reformer, helped found ______________ in 1732 (hoped it would solve english social problem and ____________ english colonies)
James Oglethorpe, Georgia, defend
__________________ ensured Maryland's growth by welcoming _________________ and _____________ to the colony
Lord Baltimore, Protestants, Catholics,
____________________ appointed a _____________ and a council of advisers. He gave colonists a ___________ in gov. by creating an elected ______________
Lord Baltimore, governor, role, assembly
Sir George Calvert named the colony ______________ in honor of Queen Henrietta Maria - died before colony became a reality - son, ______________, continued with the project
Maryland, Lord Baltimore
1712 - the colony became known as _____________________
North Carolina
Lord Baltimore was fearful that ______________ might try to ____________ Catholics of their right to worship freely so he asked the assembly to pass an ____________________ - provided religious ________ for all _________ except ____________
Protestants, Catholics, Act of Toleration, freedom, Christians, Jews
settlers in ______ learned to grow rice and _____________ (plant used to make a valuable ____________)
SC, indigo, blue dye
1733 - Oglethorpe and 120 colonists built _______________
Savannah
_____________________________________ wanted to build a colony for ___________________________ (religious freedom)
Sir George Calvert, Christians
1719 - this colony became known as ______________________
South Carolina
many settlers moving to the _________________ were escaping _______ and _______________
backcountry, famine, harsh treatment
__________________ was a difficult location for _________________ so farmers had to be mostly ____________________ or ______________________
backcountry, plantations, self-efficient, traders
Oglethorpe wanted a place where _________________ could ________________
debtors, restart
backcountry - more _______________ because people were more likely to treat one another as _______________
democratic, equals
It was ______________ to get settlers in Maryland because settlers had to pay _____________ to Lord Baltimore (most people wanted their own land) - Lord Baltimore decided to make generous _________________ to anyone who brought over servants, __________________, and _________________
difficult, rent, land grants, women, children
In the ___________________ part of the ____________________, settlers were mostly _____________________ - tended to have small ___________
northern, Carolina's, poor tobacco farmers, farms
Oglethorpe would later change is rules to allow larger _______________________ and _______________________________, then colony grew more quickly
plantations, slave labor
colonists realized it was more ________________ to raise ___________________ and _______________________
profitable, tobacco, rice
Maryland was a ______________ colony, which meant __________________ was responsible for starting the company
proprietary, Lord Baltimore
settlers in lowland SC and GA raised __________, ____________, and _________
rice, indigo, cotton
parts of Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina near the coast became major ________________ growing areas
tobacco
________________________ took advantage of Lord Baltimore's land grants. __________________ and _________________ arrived in 1638 with 9 ____________________ - eventually set up 2 ___________________ of about 1000 acres each
women, Margaret, Mary Brent, male servants, plantations