1. The Southern Colonies
Section 3

2. Mason- Dixon Line
Divided Southern Colonies from the rest of the colonies
Between Pennsylvania and Maryland
244 miles long
Named after Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon
They surveyed the land and created the “line.”
Southern Colonies developed a different way of life than that of the Middle and New England Colonies.

3. I. Maryland Sir George Calvert wanted a colony just for Catholics.
Died before he could get the colony underway
Cecil, Lord Baltimore, Calvert pushed his fathers plan forward.
200 colonists landed in the upper Chesapeake Bay across from Virginia.
Land of Plenty
Fish
Oysters
Crabs

4. F. Growing a Colony
St. Mary was the first city.
Gave land grants to anyone who would bring servants, women, and children
Margaret and Mary Brent
9 male servants
2 plantations 1000 acres each.
Margaret helped prevent a rebellion among the soldiers.

5. G. Religious Tolerance
Allowed Protestants and Catholics
Act of Toleration (1649)- provided religious freedom to call Christians. **Except Jews**
Set up to protect the Catholics right to worship

6. II. Carolinas 1663- Eight nobles received land grant from Charles II
Northern Area
North Carolina,1712
Poor tobacco farmers from Virginia.
Had small farms.
Southern Area( South Carolina, 1719) rich farmers
Largest settlement- Charles Town (Charleston)

7. D. Rise in Slavery
1685 rice was found to grow well in the swampy areas on the coast.
Used slaves imported from areas in Africa where rice was grown
Rice became Carolina’s cash crop
South Carolina grew Indigo
Used to make valuable blue dye
5. Slaves outnumbered colonists 2:1

8. III. Georgia Founded by James Oglethorpe in 1732
Wanted the colony to be for debtors- people who owed money they could not pay back, to have a new start.
1733- Savannah was built
Strict laws against slavery (later reversed to allow for growth)

9. IV. Growth in slave trade
Slavery in Africa was part of social and economic system.
Slaves from Africa would be crammed tightly under the decks of the ships.
Most died of illness or starvation
Lasts 400 years and cost the lives of over 3 million Africans
Slave Codes- treated enslaved Africans not as human but as property