Virginia
When and who founded Virginia
1607 and Virginia Company
When and who founded Maryland
1634 and George Calvert A.K.A Lord Baltimore
When and who founded Carolina
1663 and King Charles ll
When was Georgia founded?
1733
Why was the Mason Dixon line formed?
People from Maryland and Penn argued about the boundary line between them.
What was Virginia's main settlement and crop
Jamestown and tobacco
What was Maryland's main crops
Tobacco and corn
What did John Locke do for the colony
He wrote their constitution
Who founded Georgia?
James Oglethorpe
Tobacco
Who was Virginia's leader at the time
John Smith
Who gave Calvert Maryland
King Charles 1
When did Carolina split into two royal colonies?
1729
What were Oglethorpe`s rules?
He banned slave labor, rum and put limits on landholding.
What was South Carolina's main crops
Tobacco, rice, and Indigo
When was the Bacon's Rebellion
1676
Why was the Act of Toleration made
The Catholics that lived there were outnumbered by protestants( since they allowed both) ,so they made the Act of Toleration to Protect them,( meaning that both religions could practice freely.
What does Carolina stand for?
Charles Land
Why was Georgia founded?
The British hoped that Georgia would block attacks from Florida (Spanish people), to the other colonies above
When did Oglethorpe turn the colony of Georgia to King George ll
1751
Why did Nathaniel Bacon start this rebellion
Unhappy with the colonial government since it was dominated by easterners and wanted to go into the Natives territory,(since they weren't allowed to.)
Why was Maryland founded
To make money and Calvert wanted a safe haven for Catholics who faced persecution in England.
____ nobles set up ____ and sold or rented them to settlers brought from England
Eight and estates
What was Georgia`s main settlement?
Savannah
Who developed Indigo
Eliza Lucas