The Southern Economy
What are cash crops?
These cash crops, including tobacco, rice, and indigo, were key to the economy of the Southern Colonies.
What is Maryland?
This colony was created as a safe place for Roman Catholics.
Who are the Tuscarora?
This Native American group in Northern Carolina attacked settlers after being cheated in trade deals and losing land.
What is a plantation?
This type of large farm grew one main crop, like tobacco or rice, and relied on enslaved labor.
What is the Stono Rebellion?
In 1739, this rebellion, led by Jemmy in South Carolina, involved enslaved Africans stealing weapons and trying to escape to Florida.
What is Virginia?
This colony’s Tidewater region had rich, fertile soil that flooded often, making it perfect for growing tobacco.
What is Carolina?
King Charles II granted land to eight proprietors, leading to the formation of this Southern colony in 1663.
What is Savannah?
Chief Tomochichi sold land near Yamacraw Bluff to James Oglethorpe to start this settlement.
What is the Anglican Church?
In Virginia, this church was the established religion, meaning everyone paid taxes to support it.
What are slave codes?
Colonies created these strict rules to control enslaved people and limit their rights, such as preventing them from learning to read and write.
What is enslaved labor?
The Southern Colonies depended on this form of unpaid labor to maintain large plantations.
What is Maryland?
Leonard Calvert, the first governor of this colony, bought land from the Yoacomoco people to build St. Mary’s City.
Who are the Yamasee?
This Native American group, once allies of South Carolina, fought the colonists over unpaid debts.
What is farming life?
This was the daily life of most Southern colonists, where families worked together on small farms.
What are forms of resistance?
Enslaved people resisted their conditions in these ways, including slowing work, running away, and occasionally rebelling violently.
What is Georgia?
This colony was founded by James Oglethorpe as a place for debtors to make a fresh start.
What is South Carolina?
Charles Towne, now Charleston, became a major city in this Southern colony.
Who is Chief Tomochichi?
This Creek leader helped James Oglethorpe establish peaceful relations by selling land for the settlement of Savannah.
What are songs and stories?
Enslaved people used these to preserve their African traditions and teach values to their children.
What is enslaved labor?
This was the type of labor system used on Southern plantations to grow cash crops like tobacco and rice.
What is “small villages”?
This nickname describes the Southern plantations, which acted as self-sufficient communities with mills and blacksmiths.
Who is King George II?
In the Southern Colonies, this king worried about Spanish or French invasions, leading him to approve Georgia’s creation.
Who is Chief Hancock?
This Native American leader of the Tuscarora attacked settlers in New Bern, believing their land was stolen.
What is the Maryland Toleration Act?
This law, passed in Maryland in 1649, protected Christians’ right to practice their religion.
What are African cultural traditions?
Enslaved people often maintained their culture through these traditions, such as storytelling, music, and work songs.