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