  Let’s brainstorm major differences between the southern United States today and New Jersey. Think about visits you’ve made or things you’ve heard about southern culture and climate. DO NOW:

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  As in other colonial regions, colonists in the south began pushing West from the shoreline to the edge of the Appalachian Mountains, onto Native American lands  Conflicts and skirmishes over land rights in Virginia arose between Colonists and Natives.  After several bloody clashes, colonists called on the Governor of Virginia to take action against the Natives.  The governor refused, and a colonist named Nathanial Bacon organized an angry group of hundreds of men who raided Indian villages, and then marched to Jamestown and burned the capital.  The uprising soon fell apart when Bacon died of dysentery shortly after. Bacon’s Rebellion

 Life In the Southern Colonies Religion -Maryland- Sir George Calvert was a Catholic who wanted practice his religion freely in the New World. -Before the colony got under way, he died and his son, Lord Baltimore pushed on with the project. -Maryland passed an Act of Toleration, which allowed all Christians to worship freely. -Unfortunately, this freedom did not extend to non-Christians.

  Did Maryland’s Act of Toleration provide true religious freedom?  Make sure to explain and defend your answer. Stop and Think..

  Each colony had a governor and an elected assembly  Virginia House of Burgesses - Male settlers were allowed to elect burgesses, or representatives to the assembly  The first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America Government

 Land/Climate Economy  Hot climate  Longer growing season  Fertile soil.  Large plantations grew tobacco, rice, indigo, etc.  Southern colonies first enslaved Native Americans, but once Natives start dying off, they relied heavily on slaves imported from Africa.  On large plantations 20 to 100 slaves did most of the work.  Farther inland, closer to the Appalachian Mountains, the “backcountry” region had smaller farms and were likely to rely on their own supply.

  Georgia was a colony started by James Oglethorpe, and it would be a place for debtors.  In England, debtors were often put in jail until they paid off the debt.  Oglethorpe saw Georgia as a land of opportunity for people to get out of debt.  Georgia also served as a buffer zone between the other English colonies, and Spanish Florida. Georgia

  To what extent did the Southern Colonies practice democratic, American ideals? What about the colonies were Democratic? Undemocratic? In Closing