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What is the name for the very large farms in the Southern colonies?
plantations
What is a crop grown to be sold for a profit?
cash crop
What is the name for a person who owns a property or business?
proprietor
Southern planters lived lives of great _____.
comfort
tidewater
What was the title for someone who made sure the slaves were doing all of their work?
overseer
Why does the climate in the South make it a good region for farming?
It is warm most of the year.
What was the name of George Washington's childhood home?
Mount Vernon
Which word best describes the soil found in the Southern Colonies?
fertile
The economy of the colonial South grew mainly because of...?
slavery
Sometimes slaves could earn money by doing what?
working for other planters
The colony of Maryland was started as a refuge for what group of people?
Catholics
What is the name of the chain of islands off the coast of North Carolina?
Outer Banks
What kinds of shelters did most plantation slaves live in?
crowded, one room cabins
What was the intention of the men who founded Carolina?
To earn money by renting and selling the land.
Georgia began as a colony specifically for who?
poor people
Why did the majority of towns in the colonial South remain small?
life was centered around plantations
Most slaves in the Southern colonies could expect to do what?
word hard for their entire lives
rough frontier settlers
Why did southern planters begin to use slaves instead of indentured servants?
They could make more money using slaves.