Southern Colonies & Agriculture
These were the main cash crops grown in the southern colonies.
What are rice, cotton, tobacco, and indigo?
This church, also known as the Anglican Church, was the main religion in Virginia during the colonial era.
What is the Church of England?
The southern part of this colony had good harbors, warm weather, and land ideal for growing rice and indigo.
What is the southern region of the Carolinas?
These laws were created to control enslaved people and limit their rights.
What are slave codes?
The southern colonies had this kind of soil and climate, which made farming successful.
What are rich soil and a warm, humid climate?
This colony was founded by Lord Baltimore as a safe place for Catholics.
What is Maryland?
The northern region of the Carolinas grew tobacco and forest products but had few of these.
What are good harbors?
Slave owners feared these uprisings because of how harshly they treated enslaved people.
What are slave rebellions?
The geography and climate of this region led to an economy based on plantations and enslaved labor.
What is the southern colonies’ economy?
In Maryland, Anglicans couldn’t persecute Catholics because this charter protected their rights.
What is the Act Concerning Religion (the Maryland Toleration Act)?
This man founded Georgia as a place for English debtors to start new lives.
Who is James Oglethorpe?
This trade system connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
What is the triangular trade?
Wealthy landowners who controlled large farms and influenced government were known as these.
Who are large plantation owners?
The King of England liked Georgia because it acted as this between English colonies and Spanish territory.
What is a buffer zone?
This dangerous part of the triangular trade was the journey enslaved Africans took across the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Middle Passage?