2. Poll: 62% say Clinton won, 27% said Trump did

3. The
Southern
Colonies

4. Ch.3.4 – The Southern Colonies
Name the 5
Southern Colonies: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

5. Ch.3.4 – The Southern Colonies Examine the pictures below . . .
What can you infer?

6. Ch.3.4 – The Southern Colonies1.
Colony succeeds & begins to grow; plantations expand.
Tobacco becomes the key cash in Virginia 2.
White landowners use slaves & indentured servants
Plantation owners have a high demand for workers. 3.
George Calvert (Lord Baltimore) founds Maryland as a place for Catholics
Catholics are persecuted in England 4.
Religious differences become a source of conflict in Maryland
Act of Toleration, 1649; ensures the right to worship freely

7. Virginia farmers in the west resent the govt & blame it for 5.
In 1676, Nathanial Bacon
leads a rebellion against
the Virginia colonial
government in Jamestown.
Virginia farmers in the west
resent the govt & blame it for
not clearing colony of Natives.
The northern & southern
regions of Carolina
develop differently 6.
Carolina splits into two colonies in
1729; North & South Carolina 7.
The poor & those that couldn’t pay their debts are imprisoned in England
James Oglethorpe starts
Georgia as a place for a fresh
start. 8.
British hope Georgia would
block any Spanish attack
from Florida.
Georgia settlers build forts & establish the town of Savannah

8. 9.
Georgia is turned over to the king of England & becomes a royal colony in 1751.
Settlers complain about limits on land holdings and bans on slaves & rum

9. SKILLBUILDER
10. Manigault’s family are
Huguenot immigrants who
were persecuted in France
for their Protestant faith.
Why do you think they came
to America?
Primary Source Quotation
“After our arrival in Carolina, we suffered all sorts of evils. … We ourselves have been exposed, since leaving France, to all kinds of afflictions, n the forms of sickness, pestilence, famine, poverty, and the roughest labor…. God has been very good to us in enabling us to bear up under trials of every king.”
In the primary source quotation,
underline the trial Manigault’s family
endured in Carolina.
How does Manigault react to these
trials?

10. What present day states made up the
Southern Colonies
What present day states made up the
Southern colonies?

11. Maryland
1634

12. What kind of society was planned for Maryland?
A Colony for Catholics
And . . .
Toleration Act of 1649
Guaranteed freedom to all CHRISTIANS.

13. The Settlement of Maryland
A charter was granted to Lord Baltimore, in 1632.
A proprietary colony created in 1634 for Catholics
A good location on the
Chesapeake Bay

14. Colonization of Maryland

15. St Mary’s City (1634)

16. Currency in Early Maryland

17. MD Toleration Act, 1649

18. The Carolinas Charles II rewarded 8 supporters from the
English Civil War a grant of land named
“Carolina”

19. Settling the “Lower South”
Settlers from Virginia
1712
Settlers from
West Indies
1670

20. Port of Charles Town, SC Also named for King Charles II of England.
Became the busiest port in the South.
Religious toleration attracted diverse inhabitants.

21. American Long Grain Rice
Crops of the Carolinas: Rice
The primary export.
Rice - was still an exotic food in England.
Was grown in Africa, so planters imported West African slaves.
These slaves had a genetic trait that made them immune to malaria.
American Long Grain Rice

22. Crops of the Carolinas: Indigo
main use for indigo was as a dye for spun cotton threads
Today in the US, the main use for indigo is a dye for cotton work clothes & blue jeans.

23. Rice & Indigo Exports from SC & GA: 1698-1775

24. The Emergence of North Carolina
Northern part of Carolina shared a border with VA
Dissenters from VA moved south to northern Carolina.
1712  NC officially separated from SC.

25. Georgia
1733

26. 18c Southern Colonies

27. Late-Coming Georgia Founded in 1733. Last of the 13 colonies.
Named in honor of King George II.
Founded by James Oglethorpe.

28. Georgia--The “Buffer” Colony
Chief Purpose of Creating Georgia:
Became a royal colony to serve as a “buffer” between the Carolinas & Spanish Florida & French Louisiana.
Export silk and wine.
A place for debtors thrown into prison.

29. The Port City of Savannah
Diverse community.
All Christians except Catholics enjoyed religious toleration.
Missionaries worked among debtors and Indians.