Jamestown & Virginia
This English settlement was established along the James River in 1607.
Jamestown
This type of crop was grown primarily to be sold for profit rather than simply eaten by the colonists.
cash crop
Lord Baltimore wanted this colony to serve as a refuge for English Catholics.
Maryland
This colony received its charter in 1732.
Georgia
This 1676 uprising in Virginia was led by Nathaniel Bacon.
Bacon's Rebellion
This early leader provided effective leadership that helped Jamestown survive its difficult beginning.
John Smith
This Virginia crop increased from 2,500 pounds in 1616 to 500,000 pounds by 1627.
tobacco
St. Mary's City was the first settlement established in this colony.
Maryland
This general is credited with founding Georgia.
James Oglethorpe
Frontier colonists were angry about Indian attacks and believed the colonial government was not doing enough to protect them. This governor was the target of their anger.
Governor William Berkeley
This crop transformed Virginia's economy after the colonists' unsuccessful search for gold.
Tobacco
This system encouraged workers to come to Virginia by offering land grants based on the number of people brought to the colony.
Headright System
These two groups were among those who settled the Carolinas, with West Indian planters helping bring slavery to the region.
French Huguenots and West Indian planters
Georgia was established partly to create a protective zone between British colonies and this Spanish territory.
Spanish Florida
During the rebellion, Bacon's followers captured Jamestown and took this dramatic action against the town.
they burned Jamestown
The Virginia Company chose a peninsula along this river when establishing Jamestown.
James River
Under Virginia's Headright System, approximately this amount of land could be granted for each person.
50 acres
Both Virginia and Maryland developed this form of government in which colonists had representatives.
representative government
Besides serving as a buffer against Spain, Georgia was established as a colony for people who owed money and for some people sent from England as prisoners.
Debtor's colony
Give TWO problems that contributed to Bacon's Rebellion besides Indian attacks.
low tobacco prices, high taxes, trade restrictions, lack of good frontier land, or dissatisfaction with the colonial government.
England's investment in Jamestown was driven by these three goals:
God, Glory, Gold
As tobacco farming expanded, Virginia's settlements spread outward because colonists needed more of this resource.
Land
The combination of fertile soil and a warm climate helped the Carolinas develop an economy centered on these agricultural products.
Cash crops
Think about Georgia's location and purpose: Why would the British want to establish a colony between their settlements and Spanish Florida?
to create a buffer or defensive zone that would help protect the British colonies from Spanish attacks
After Bacon's Rebellion, wealthy Virginia landowners became increasingly concerned about former indentured servants. This fear helped encourage a major change in the Southern colonies' labor system.
The increasing use of enslaved labor