Vocabulary
Georgia and Virginia
Maryland
The Carolinas
Other Southern Trivia
100
This is a person who owes money to someone.
Who is a Debtor.
100
This was the last of the original 13 colonies to be settled. It was also, perhaps, the most unusual.
What is Georgia.
100
Cash crops are defined as this.
What is crops that are grown for the sole purpose of making money.
100
These were some of the crops that made South Carolina so rich.
What are rice and indigo.
100
This was one reason that the farmers in the southern Colonies were able to grow cash crops.
What is they had a long growing season. It never got as cold in the Southern Colonies as it did in the New England or Middle Colonies.
200
This is described as the extra money that is left over after all expenses have been paid.
What is a profit.
200
Georgia was primarily settled by these people who were very poor. It is considered the most unusual colony because the ideas used to settle it came from this person.
Who was James Oglethorpe.
200
This was the climate and geography of Maryland. It was very similar to Virginia.
What is the climate was warm for many months out of the year. The geography was flat land with tidewater areas. They had plenty of water to help grow their crops.
200
The forests provided these two items to be exported or traded/sold for money. They were primarily from North Carolina.
What are animal furs and skins. These were then made into leather. Both fur and leather became important industries for North Carolina.
200
This is how the rivers of the tidewater region affected agriculture.
What is the crops grew very well. Due to the location on the rivers, and tidewater, they could easily ship the crops along the rivers for sale or trade.
300
These are described as goods that are shipped to another country to be sold.
What are exports.
300
The Post Road was made from Maine to Georgia for this most important reason.
What is to deliver mail and messages or news. It was also used to deliver goods and travel as a person. The first reason it was developed was to deliver mail.
300
The was the way in which Maryland was settled like Virginia.
What is large plantation owners settled the tidewater region, with smaller farmers settling in the interior (or backcountry areas).
300
This was identified as the most important industry in North Carolina.
What is Forest Products.
300
These are the five states that make up the Southern Colonies (four, if you combine two of them).
What is the Carolinas (North and South), Virginia, Maryland, and Georgia.
400
This is a person, who speaks on behalf of other people.
Who is a Representative.
400
This colony formed the House of Burgesses to make laws for the colony. This was a very bold act.
What is Virginia.
400
This is the main reason that tobacco planters in Virginia and Maryland invaded Native American territory.
What is tobacco farming required much land. This was due to the fact that after 3 to 7 years, the land would not longer be fertile enough, as the tobacco would take all the nutrients out of the soil.
400
This was the first settlement founded before 1700. It was actually named partially after it's founder, Charles I.
What is Charleston, in South Carolina.
400
These are two reasons that Plantations are different from Yeoman farms.
What are: - Plantations are very large and Yeoman farms are smaller. - Plantation farms have many slaves and enslaved persons, Yeoman farms typically do not. - Plantations had large homes that many people lived at, where Yeoman farms had small cabins that they lived in.
500
This is classified as the coastal area where rivers are affected by ocean tide.
What is a tidewater area.
500
Bacon's Rebellion took place in this colony. Nathaniel Bacon was a wealthy farmer whose farm has been attacked by Native Americans. He was annoyed with the way it was dealt with. He wanted the power to deal with Native American Conflicts in his own way. Gaining the support of some settlers, he attacked the peaceful Pamunkey Indians in the spring of 1676.
What is Virginia.
500
This person made Maryland a place for Catholic settlers and promised tolerance of other religions (religious toleration).
Who is Lord Baltimore, a Catholic Landowner in England, who wanted to create a colony for Catholics. He also wanted people of all religions to join, therefore, having religious toleration.
500
This man is the person who settled the Carolinas.
Who was Charles I. He had founded the colony in 1629, and named it after himself. There were no settlers right away.
500
MOST small farmers in the backcountry in the Southern Colonies were different from Plantation owners because of this main reason. (HINT: It has to do with people, not crops)
What is MOST small farmers did not own slaves.
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