Settling the South
Life in the South
The Southern Economy
Vocabulary
Port Cities
100
This colony was founded by the Calverts.
What is Maryland?
100
How did some enslaved Africans deal with the hardships of their lives?
They tried to rebel against slavery by breaking tools, pretending to be sick, or working slowly. They kept their culture alive by telling stories and singing songs about Africa. Christianity also became a source of strength for some enslaved people.
100
The main cash crop in Maryland, Virginia, and northern North Carolina.
What is tobacco?
100
The land between the Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the backcountry?
100
Baltimore was a port city in this Southern Colony.
What is Maryland?
200
This gave religious freedom to all Christians in the colony of Maryland.
What is the Toleration Act?
200
In North Carolina, German and Swiss settlers destroyed the Tuscarora village to build a new settlement. In 1711, their land losses caused the Tuscarora to attack several settlements. What did these attacks lead to?
What is the Tuscarora War?
200
The main crop in southern North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
What is rice?
200
People who had been put in prison for owing money.
What is a debtor?
200
Norfolk was a port city in this Southern Colony.
What is Virginia?
300
A charter divided this colony among eight English leaders called the Lords Proprietors.
What is Carolina?
300
This tribe gave runaway slaves food and shelter.
What is the Seminole tribe?
300
This became a major cash crop throughout South Carolina after Eliza Lucas Pinckney experimented with it.
What is indigo?
300
Plantations owners were also called by this name.
What were planters?
300
Charles Town was a port city in this Southern Colony.
What is South Carolina?
400
King George II gave James Oglethorpe a charter for the last of the 13 English colonies. What colony was this?
What is Georgia?
400
This settlement became the first settlement in North America for free Africans.
What is Fort Mose?
400
This city became a major center for shipbuilding.
What is Baltimore?
400
A person who is paid to buy and sell for someone else.
What is a broker?
400
Wilmington was a port city in this Southern Colony.
What is North Carolina?
500
What caused conflicts to develop between Southern colonists and their Native American neighbors?
The colonists settled on the Native Americans' land, and they destroyed some villages. Some colonists did not treat Native Americans justly. Others captured them and sold them into slavery. Many Native Americans died of European diseases.
500
The area from Virginia to Spanish Florida was part of this original colony.
What is Carolina?
500
This city became an important shipping center for forest goods.
What is Wilmington, North Carolina?
500
Depending on one another for economic resources.
What is interdependence?
500
Savannah was a port city in which Southern Colony?
What is Georgia?
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