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North Carolina
NC
How may colonists died by the winter of 1607
2/3rds (around 70)
the first permanent English settlement in North America
Jamestown
Plantations
crops that were grown to sell
SC
the demand of workers grew greater than the supply of indentured servants led to what
Slaves
reason why many left England to come to Virginia
to find gold and riches
the company that started it all in the South
Virginia Company of London
Colony served as a buffer between Spanish Florida and the Carolinas
Georgia
Virginia
VA
indentured servant contract years
4-7 years
the biggest cash crop that was crucial to Virginia
Tobacco
signed contract to work for specific amount of years in exchange for passage to the colonies
Indentured Servants
Southern Colonies economy
Agriculture
Georgia
GA
English Catholics
What arrived in 1619 that changed the work force for the colonies
Dutch Ship with slaves
What is the system that gave 50 acres to encourage colonization
Headright system
Women brought these skills
cooking, sewing, making household items
Maryland
MD
What was the biggest hardship for Southern Colonists?
Native American Attacks
1620
Religious freedom law
Toleration Act of 1649
Maryland