THE SOUTHERN COLONIES

Vocabulary

Proprietary ColonyColony governed by a single owner

Royal ColonyColony ruled by the King’s appointed officials

Act of TolerationMaryland law that forbid religious persecution

TidewaterFlat land along the coast where they grew rice, tobacco, and indigo

Vocabulary

IndigoPlant that produces a deep blue dye

1st successful cash crop in the colonies

Cash CropsCrops raised to be sold for money

Indentured ServantOne who worked for a set time for free passage to the colonies

HeadrightLand grant given to one who paid his way to the colonies

The Southern Colonies

Maryland

Carolinas

Georgia

Virginia

Maryland

Founder

Lord Baltimore

-Established the colony of Maryland

for persecuted Catholics

Georgia

Founder

James Oglethorpe

founded in 1732 as a place where debtors could start over.

Started with smaller farms and no slaveryAfter plantations formed slavery was allowed and the colony grew quickly.the last of the original thirteen colonies. Challenges from Spain and France led the king to desire a buffer zone between the cash crops of the Carolinas and foreign enemies

Virginia

Jamestown

In 1607 100 colonists were sent by the Virginia Company to establish a new settlement in the new world

They travelled into the Chesapeake Bay and up the James River to find a location safe from the Spanish

They named it Jamestown in honor of King James I

It was the 1st successful English settlement in America

Founder

John Smith

“There were never Englishmen left in a foreign country in such misery as we were in this newly discovered Virginia”

Took command of Jamestown in 1608 after the winter had almost decimated the new settlement

Motto“Work or Starve”

House of Burgesses

Was the 1st Representative Assembly in the colonies

Established in 1619, had the power the create laws and raise taxes

Notable MembersGeorge Washington

Thomas Jefferson

Patrick Henry

Bacon’s Rebellion 1676

The Rebellion was against Virginia Governor William Berkeley. Bacon was upset that he favored plantation owners and high taxes

Also, Indentured Servants were unable to find adequate land in the Tidewater region and were forced to fight Native Indians in the backcountry

Bacon demanded that Berkley help defend the frontier settlements. When he refused, Nathanial Bacon seized control of the House of Burgesses’ and burned Jamestown to the ground

The rebellion ended when Bacon became ill and died. 23 of Bacon’s captures were hanged and quartered