Colonies
What were the name of the five Southern Colonies?
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
What country did the slaves originally come from in the Southern Colonies?
Africa
To vote for a member of the House of Burgess', what kind of person did you need to be?
A free white man
Who was Powhatan
Chief of the Algonquins
What is a plantation?
A large farm where one main crop is grown
True or False: Florida was part of the Southern Colonies.
False
What musical instrument did Africans introduce to the Southern Colonies?
Banjo
Why was the house of Burgess' established?
So Virginia could have it's own government and not have to wait for the king to make laws.
Why were Native Americans upset that the colony of Georgia was established?
because Native Americans had gone South to Georiga escape the southern colonists.
What types of crops did they grow on plantations?
Cotton, Rice, Tobacco, or Indigo
What colony did James Olgethorpe found?
Georgia
Why did the Africans' immunity help them in Carolina?
They didn't get as sick as the Europeans. They already had immunity to Malaria (Mosquitoes)
What tradition did the house of Burgess's establish?
the first government
Who did Pocahantas marry?
John Rolfe
Who were the main type of people that worked on plantations?
Slaves
To whom did King Charles give as a gift the large territory around the Chesapeake Bay?
George Calvert
What was the passage called that Africans slaves had to take to get from Africa to the Southern Colonies?
The Middle Passage
What colony the Company of London own?
Virginia
What product did John Rolfe want to export of Europe?
Tobacco
Why did the southern colonies need Slaves to work on plantations
Because of the lack of indentured servants. Also, they needed a lot of free labor to do the farming to make a profit.
Who said, "Those who shall not work, shall not eat."
John Smith
What was the main reason why African Slaves were brought to the Southern Colonies?
Because not a lot of people wanted to be indentured servants anymore and they needed cheap/free labor to work on their plantations.
What became the state capital of Virginia after the original capital burnt down?
Williamsburg
Why were the Native Americans and people in the Carolina's fighting?
Because they were forcefully taking the Native American lands.