Georgia
When was Georgia founded and who founded it?
James Oglethorpe founded Georgia and it was founded in 1732!!
How was this land acquired?
King George II gave this land to eight English Nobles.
Did European plantation owners rely on slaves for their main income?
Yes!
What was molasses made into
Rum
Where were the survivng slaves sold too
The west indies
what natural resources were there in Georgia?
Rice and tobbaco
What natural resources were there in the Carolinas?
Indigo plant, Lumber, Tobacco, Grain
What was strictly outlawed for slaves to learn?
Slaves couldn't learn to read or write.
Who were the yankees?
They were the hard working merchants who shipped fish and lumber to the West Indies.
What were three things teh ships were like for the slaves
Overcrowded, hot and diseased.
What were the main crops that slaves had to tend to in plantations?
Slaves have to tend to many crops but the most well-known and valuable are rice and indigo.
Where was the molasses sold to the yankees
The west indies
What were the slaves banned from doing in the ships
Reading and writing
What were some of the brutal conditions that slaves had to endure on slave ships?
What materials were traded for slaves in west Africa
(You don't have to name every single item, just name at least two)
Yankees traded the rum, guns, gunpowder, cloth, and tools
Where were the slaves put to have room for more slaves
Shelves that were two feet tall and seven inches.
What was the ratio between enslaved people and free Europeans in the Southern colonies?
Southern wealth relied heavily on forced labor from slaves to grow their crops which created the ratio 2-1.
What was the middle passage?
The middle passage was when the enslaved people were transported and they had no freedom and were banned from reading and writing.