Beginning of Colonization
What year was Jamestown founded?
1607
What was an indentured servant?
A person who worked without pay for a set amount of time in exchange for passage.
What was the first respresentative assembly in America?
House of Burgesses
Why did slavery expand in the southern colonies?
Because of the need for large labor force on plantations
What Native American group helped the Jamestown settlers survive?
Powhatan
What best describes the southern colonies geography?
Flat with fertile soil and warm climate
What was the Headright System?
A system granting land to settlers who paid for their passage
Which colony was founded as a refuge for English Catholics?
Maryland
What was the first profitable cash crop?
Tabacco
Which state was NOT a southern colony?
Virginia
South Carolina
Massachusetts
Georgia
Massachusetts
What was the main economic unit in the south?
Plantations
How did religion influence Maryland's founding?
It was refuge for Catholics facing persecution
Who helped Jamestown settlers survive?
William Bradford
What group mainly settled in the southern colonies?
Pilgrims and Puritans
What was the Mason-Dixon line?
A boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland
What is the House of Burgeses?
A colonial legislature
Why did English settlers come to the colonies in the early 1600s?
Religious freedom and economic opportunities
How did the southern colony differ from New England?
South focused on farming, New England on trade and industry
How did early southern colonial government influence later governance?
They introduced democratic representation and local assemblies