Chapter 7: The Southern Colonies

backcountry

A frontier region extending through several colonies, from Pennsylvania to Georgia

Fort Mose

a settlement in Spanish Florida started by enslaved people who escaped from plantations

Tuscarora War

began with the destruction of a village and led to the loss of a tribe

tobacco

cash crop of northern areas of Southern Colonies

rice

cash crop of southern areas of Southern Colonies

Great Wagon Road

created by settlers moving to the backcountry (Piedmont) to transport goods and supplies

James Oglethorpe

founder of Georgia in 1733; soldier, statesman , philanthropist. Started Georgia as a haven for people in debt because of his interest in prison reform. Almost single-handedly kept Georgia afloat.

Calverts? Lord Baltimore?

founders of Maryland

The Lords Proprietors

founders of the Carolina colonies

overseer

hired by plantation owners to watch enslaved workers in the fields

broker

hired to buy and sell goods / crops

Toleration Act

passed by Maryland in 1649 giving religious freedom to all Christians

Carolina

the area from Virginia to Spanish Florida was original colony of _______

Savannah

the first settlement in Georgia (1733)

St. Mary's City

the first settlement in Maryland (1633)

plantations

where most enslaved Africans worked in the Southern Colonies

Maryland

why ______________ was founded in 1633 as a safe place for Catholics to find refuge and to make $$

Georgia

why______ was founded in 1733 to give debtors a new start