1. Settling the Southern Colonies
English Colonization
Settling the Southern Colonies

2. Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
Southern Colonies

3. Economy Farming Cash crop = crop grown for sale instead of for use
Ex: tobacco, rice, cotton
Plantations = big farms
Worked by slaves
To grow cash crops, need lots of workers
Why the South depends on slaves

4. The importance of tobacco
Tobacco is in high demand in Europe
Leads to a creation of a wealthy class called the “planter aristocracy”
Tobacco industry grows  Need for more labor  need even more slaves

5. Life in the south In SC, more slaves than colonists
So, population mostly black
Slaves came from different parts of Africa, part of various cultures, and spoke different languages
The effect of slavery is racism and poverty for African Americans

6. Bacon’s Rebellion
More colonists coming to Virginia  Less land for indentured servants More indentured servants have to settle in the backcountry  Indentured servants are closer to Native Americans Indentured servants do not get protection from Native Americans  They rebel against the Virginia Government People do not trust indentured servants  Use more African slaves to cultivate tobacco