1. Period 3 & 7
We will continue our discussion on England’s early attempts at colonization in the New World.
Warm Up: Re-read the Barbados Slave Code p. 36
Homework
Chapter 2 Notes
Checklist for Virginia-Bound Colonists
Colonial Chart

3. Maryland: A Catholic Haven
It was founded to be a place for persecuted Catholics to find refuge, a safe haven.
Maryland’s statute, the Act of Toleration, guaranteed religious toleration to all Christians, but decreed the death penalty to Jews and atheists and others who didn’t believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ.

4. The West Indies
By mid-1600s, England had secured claim to several West Indies islands, including Jamaica in 1655.
They grew lots of sugar on brutal plantations there.
Thousands of African slaves were needed to operate sugar plantations. At first, Indians were intended to be used, but disease killed an estimated 90%.
To control so many slaves, “codes” were set up that defined the legal status of slaves

6. Colonizing the Carolinas
Carolina flourished by developing close economic ties with the West Indies, due to the port of Charleston.
Many original Carolina settlers had come from Barbados and brought in the strict “Slave Codes” for ruling slaves
Rice emerged as the principle crop in Carolina.
African slaves were hired to work on rice
plantations, due to …
(a) their resistance to malaria
(b) their familiarity with rice.

7. Emergence of North Carolina
Many newcomers to Carolina were “squatters,” people who owned no land, usually down from Virginia.
Two “flavors” of Carolinians developed:
(a) aristocratic and wealthier down south around
Charleston and rice & indigo plantations
(b) strong-willed and independent-minded up north on small tobacco farms
In 1712, North and South Carolina were separated.

8. Georgia: The Buffer Colony
Georgia was intended to be a buffer between the British colonies and the hostile Spanish settlements in Florida (Spanish, Indians, runaway slaves) and the enemy French in Louisiana.

9. What is missing from this list that colonists might obtain from Virginia’s environment?

10. Period 3 & 7
We will examine the growth of the Plantation Colonies and begin to look at the settlement of New England.
Warm Up: What generalizations can you make about the Plantation Colonies?
Jamestown Clip
Colonies Chart
Chapter 2 Guidebook
Chapter 3 Reading

11. The Plantation Colonies
Slavery was found in all the plantation colonies.
The growth of cities was often stunted by forests.
The establishment of schools and churches was difficult due to people being spread out.
In the South, the crops were tobacco and rice, and some indigo in the tidewater region of SC.
All the plantation colonies permitted some religious toleration.
Confrontations with Native Americans were often.

12. Colonial Chart
Create a chart of the original 13 Colonies established on the East Coast of North America.
Include the following details…
Name of colony
Name origin of colony
Date colony was established/taken by the English
Important early leaders/ colonists/ Native Americans
Important Industry/ cash crops
Reason for colony (if applicable)

13. Review Cards for Chapter 2
Act of Toleration
Reason for slavery in Carolinas
Reasons for English colonies in America
European influence on Native Americans
Protestant Wind