THE AGE OF COLONIZATION
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES
“THE AMERICAN DREAM”
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“A LAND OF OPPORTUNITY”
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“A LAND OF MILK AND HONEY”
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“THE POOR GET RICHER”
MATERIALS
TEXT BOOK:
Page 85 – “Virginia Grows”
Page 85 – “Conflict With Native Americans”
Page 85 – “Bacon’s Rebellion”
Page 86 – “Religious Toleration In Maryland”
Page 86 – “Colonies In The Carolinas And Georgia”
Page 87 – “Georgia”
Page 87 – “The Tidewater Region”
Page 89 – “The Backcountry”
CARTOON BOOK:
Page 46 – BL, BM, BR
Page 47 – all
Page 48 – all
Page 61 - all
VISUAL MATERIALS:
None
KEY POINTS AND ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
1) Why were the rest of the southern colonies settled and how did they differ from the Middle and New England colonies?
a) The deeper Southern colonies developed more like England. They tended to be Anglican with strong ties to England.
b) Maryland was the exception. It offered religious tolerance.
c) All of the governments were proprietary to start but then switched to royal governments
NOTES:
1) Why were the rest of the southern colonies settled and how did they differ from the Middle and New England colonies?
a) Maryland was settled by Catholics from England for religious reasons.
i) Maryland became a home for English Catholics who were still heavily persecuted.
ii) The charter was given in 1632 to George Calvert, the Lord Baltimore.
(1) George’s son, Cecil, inherited the colony and made the first settlement in 1634 at St. Mary’s.
iii) Maryland had a proprietary government with a representative government.
(1) Adult male Christians had the right to vote and hold office.
iv) The Act of Toleration gave religious freedom to all settlers.
(1) The Anglican Church did eventually become the state church.
b) Carolina was established by charter as one colony in 1663 for economic reasons.
i) The charter was given to eight nobles called the Lords Proprietors.
ii) Carolina had a proprietary government.
(1) In 1729, the colony became royal and was divided into North Carolina and South Carolina.
(a) The north had small farms and lacked harbors and rivers.
(b) South Carolina’s main settlement of Charles Town, today Charleston, was the main southern seaport.
(2) Many settlers came from Barbados to the southern part of the colony and brought their plantation system with them.
(a) Crops of tobacco, rice, and sugar required much labor
(i) Slaves were needed to work the plantations.
(ii) By 1710, blacks outnumbered whites.
c) Georgia was the last of the colonies settled. It was set up in 1732 by James Oglethorpe as a haven for debtors. It was also established to keep the Spanish from moving north out of Florida.
i) A haven is a place of safety.
ii) A debtor was a person who owed money.
iii) A penal colony is a place outside of a country where convicts were sent to work
iv) Georgia had a proprietary government.
(1) Oglethorpe wanted small farms and no slavery.