Miscellaneous
The Colonies
Vocabulary
Plantations and Farms
Lives of Enslaved
People
100

the main cash crop in Virginia and Maryland 

tobacco 

100

Name the Southern Colonies

Virginia, Maryland, Carolina (NC, SC), and Georgia 

100

a large farm on which crops were raised by workers who live on the farm 

a plantation 

100

What did plantations require in order to keep them running and profitable? 

many laborers / slaves / workers 
100

In the early 1600's, who did most of the work on southern plantations, indentured servants or enslaved Africans? 

indentured servants 

200

the first elected legislature in the colonies found in Virginia 

the House of Burgesses 

200

the first permanent English colony in North America--also the largest and the wealthiest   

Virginia 

200

intended as a safe place 

a refuge 

200
How did plantations affect the location of small farms in the Southern Colonies?
small farms were usually located in the backcountry because plantations took up so much of the tidewater region 
200

By 1750, enslaved Africans lived in all 13 colonies, but most lived where? 

in the Southern Colonies

300

What was the largest city in the Southern Colonies? 

Charleston (Charles Town)

300

Founded as a refuge for Catholics 

Maryland 

300

a person who watches and directs the work of other people, usually slaves 

 an overseer 

300
Which were more common in the Southern Colonies, small farms or large plantations? 

small farms 

300

Name one of the two jobs that enslaved Africans usually did on plantations. 

as either 1. a laborer in the fields or 2. as a house servant 

400

two factors that made large-scale farming possible in the South

long growing season and warm, damp climate

400

main reason King Charles II and King George II for founding the colonies of Carolina and later Georgia

to keep the Spanish and the French out of English territories 

400

a group of people with the power to make and to change laws 

a legislature 

400

Who lived easier lives, children on plantations or children on smaller family farms in the backcountry?

children on plantations (they were usually better educated and had to do less work than children on smaller farms)

400

Which type of religion did many enslaved people turn to as a source of strength and inspiration? 

Christianity

500

the main reason why the Southern Colonies were important to England 

These colonies gave England control of the eastern coast of North America (from "Why It Matters", 6.3)

500

Who--specifically-- did the colony of Georgia benefit the most? 

poor people and debtors 

500
An African American religious folk song 

a spiritual

500
Because plantations were fewer in North Carolina, what was the state's greatest resource? 
pine forests 
500

Besides religion, name one other way that enslaved people used to survive such hard lives.

1.  forming close ties with each other to create a community like a large family.

2.  starting their own culture that blended African and American customs and consisted of storytelling, music, and a new language

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