Someone who is working to pay off a debt
Indentured Servants
First permanent English Settlement.
Jamestown
In the beginning, the Carolinas were _______
Together or combined
Maryland was created for this reason.
For a safe haven for catholics
Who had access to education?
Wealthy men who could afford tutors
If you cannot pay off your debt in England, you are put in jail.
English Debt Law
The colonists of Jamestown went through two of these challenges.
Starvation and Disease
What is the population in Northern Carolina?
Small Farmers and Indentured Servants
What is the Act of Toleration?
Religious Freedom
Indentured servants typically worked for how many years?
5 to 7
Why is Georgia considered a buffer colony?
Because it separates Florida (Spanish) form the other 12 colonies
Captain John Smith came to Jamestown and began to instill this rule.
No work= No food
What is the population in Southern Carolina?
Large plantation owners and slaves
What will eventually happen to the Catholic population.
As more religions come to the New World, Catholics will slowly be pushed out.
When an indentured servant's services were up they would receive _____ ___
Freedom dues
Who founded Georgia?
James Oglethorpe
This crop provided great wealth to the colony.
Tobacco
What year did the Carolinas split?
1712
Maryland's economy was based off of what two things?
Farming and shipbuilding
What is a freedom due?
Money or goods to being a new life.
Which two things were illegal in the beginning?
Alcohol, Slavery, and buying/owning land
When the colonists were upset over the governor's relationship with the Native Americans, the _____ _______ began.
Bacon's Rebellion
The Carolina was formed in 1688 after the _____ ___ ___.
English Civil War
Who was Maryland named after?
Henrietta Maria, the British king's catholic wife.
Which colony started bringing in slaves to work on the plantations?
Maryland