1. Economy & Government of the Southern Colonies
By: Eunice Chong, Cole Sheppard, and Brightna Hu

2. Maryland- Cole
There was one really important person in Maryland; his name was Lord Baltimore.
The Maryland colony was founded by Lord Baltimore. The colony was founded by him in 1634.
Lord Baltimore was motivated by the desire for profit and the desire to create a refuge for the Roman Catholics who were still being persecuted in Protestant England.
One important event in maryland was that Tobacco was very profitable for the colony.
Religious freedom for different sects of Christianity was widespread, after the passed of the Act of Toleration in 1649 which allowed for toleration to all Christians.

3. Virginia- Cole One important person from Virginia was Pocahontas.
She was born in 1595 and died in 1617 on march 21.
She saved the life of captain John Smith from England.
She converted to christianity.
She married a successful tobacco planter.
One very important that made her very famous was that she saved the life of captain John Smith.
She fostered the Native American and colonist relationship.
Another important event she did was that she helped bring peace between the English colonists and the indians.

4. Carolina- Cole
There was one important person from North Carolina that really stood out to me his name is King charles 2.
He issued a royal charter to eight nobles to settle the area south of virginia.
They created carolina and included the previous settlements, the crown took over the carolina and formed north and south carolina.
One important event that happened is that the colony was one of last hold out’s to ratify the constitution.
Another important event that happened the lost colony of roanoke was located in what is now north carolina.

5. Georgia- Cole One important person in Georgia is James Oglethorpe.
He was given a charter from king george 2 to create a new colony which he would name georgia.
It is located between South carolina and Florida.
It had one main purposes to serve as a place where debtors in prison could go to start anew and it served as a barrier against spanish expansion from Florida.
One significant event was in 1773 a group of settlers joined Oglethorpe to found savannah, Georgia.
Another significant event was that Georgia was in the first group of states to ratify the new constitution after the Revolutionary war ended.

6. Cotton Plantations in Georgia Colony
Natural Resources
Fertile soil
rich farmland areas because of the temperature
farmed tobacco and rice
ocean access
fishing
good coastal harbors
navigable rivers
also source of fresh water
forests
lumber for houses or anything else
Rivers for fishing
Harbors
Cotton Plantations in Georgia Colony
The North Carolina Colony- by Dennis Brindell Fradin

7. Slaves working on their owners tobacco plantation fields
How the colonies make money/ industries
The south had an almost year-round growing seasons, which means that most of the time the temperature would be warm. This temperature and soil are ideal for plantation crops like rice and tobacco.
Tobacco was also a way the people of the south made money.
tobacco was considered a cash crop
other cash crop includes: rice and indigo– which the people took to dye their clothing
The colonies could also make money by selling slaves. They would sell the slaves as house slaves to noblemen up north.
Slaves working on their owners tobacco plantation fields
The Southern Colonies

8. Job/ Professions in the Colonies
The cultivation of rice required advanced engineering techniques and much slave labor, but it remained a profitable crop for South Carolina and Georgia during the colonial period
Most of the jobs in the Southern Colonies consist of farmers, shoemakers and carpenters.
Farmers are by most the most important and common job back then since the land in the Southern Colonies are very fit for farming.
There are also slaves that work on the plantations, growing or harvesting rice and/ or tobacco.
In town, there would be artisans and/ or craftsman like blacksmiths, woodworkers, etc.

9. System of Labor Plantation Slavery
First, planters tried enslaving local Indians
however, many died of disease or mistreatment while others escaped into the forests
planters then turned to using Africans for slave labor
By 1700, African men and women who were brought against their will, were “shipped” to Charleston to become slaves
Before long, the African slaves outnumbered the European people population.
South Carolina, which was on the mainland of North America, was the only English colony where African slaves made up the majority of the population
work cited: textbook (school)

10. Maryland- EUNICE -Government
- governor and council of advisors (legislative assembly)
- land grants to anyone who brought servants, women, and children
- first proprietary government
-Charters
- charter given in 1692; founded in 1694
- Sir George Calvert persuaded King Charles I to grant land
- King Charles agreed
- Calvert died before project could get underway; son Lord Baltimore continued
-Motivation
- desire for profit
- to create a refuge for Roman Catholics who were being persecuted in Protestant England
-Native American Relations
- Native Americans were welcoming; acted for peace
- however were unappreciated; King Charles ordered for them to be eliminated
- the result was the scattering of tribes and loss of Native American heritage

11. Virginia- EUNICE -Government -House of Burgesses; 22 burgesses
- first representative government ever
- governor and council made laws
- voters elected the representatives
- Charters
- London Company founded and received charter
- King James I gave them the charter in 1606
- founded in 1607
- Motivation
- Desire to gain wealth
- Convert the natives to Christianity
- Native American Relations
-Good terms due to the fact Pocahontas of the Powhatan tribe was “romantically involved” with John Smith
- However, that ended when John Smith was injured and sailed back to England

12. The Carolinas- EUNICE -Government - proprietary government
- lords provided the lawas
- 8 Lords Proprietors
- split in 1729
-Charter & Motivation
- lords received land grant from King Charles II
- settlers in the North were mostly Virginian tobacco farmers
- settlers in the South were English people who were living in Barbados
- other immigrants arrived later, including Germans, Swiss, French, Protestants, and Spanish Jews
-Native American Relations
-unstable relations in general
-survived from starvation because of Native Americans
- similar to Virginia

13. Georgia- EUNICE -Government
- could imprison debtors until they paid what they owned
- after they got out, they often had no money and place to live
- large plantations and slave labor were allowed later on as Georgia grew
-Charters
- James Oglethorpe founded in 1732
- given a charter from King George II
-Motivation & Purposes
- serve as a place where debtors in prison could go to start anew
- served as a barrier against the Spanish territory
-Native American Relations
- played the Native Americans; they were basically pawns
- were treated unfairly
- only used them for military alliances and to get goods for themselves

14. Works Cited- EUNICE
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15. Works Cited- Brightna
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