People
George Calvert was known as this person.
Lord Baltimore
Which colony did these Africans arrive in?
6. Virginia
Why was it so difficult for settlers to reach the area known as the backcountry?
4. The area had thick forests and steep hills covering the land.
What was more common in the south...large plantations or small farms?
11. Small Farms
What industry was the Southern Colonies economy based on?
3. Farming/plantations
Why did Lord Baltimore want to start a colony in America?
1. To make a refuge for Catholics/religious freedom
What Colony grew rice as their main crop?
South Carolina
What was the purpose of a broker in the Southern Colonies?
14. To buy and sell goods for the southern colonists.
List TWO ways that Africans tried to resist or act out against slavery?
12. broke tools, pretended to be sick, worked slowly, ran away
In what year did the first Africans arrive in the English Colonies?
5. 1619
Why did James Oglethorpe start the colony of Georgia?
2. To help debtors get out of prison.
What colony created refuge for Christians
Maryland
What was the purpose of an overseer in the Southern Colonies?
15. To watch the enslaved people as they worked.
True or False: Wheat WAS a cash crop in the Southern Colonies.
13. False
Why was Fort Mose important to African Americans?
9. It was the 1st settlement in North America for free Africans.
Who was Olaudah Equiano?
7. An African American who wrote and gave speeches about his life as a slave.
What did the Maryland and Virginia Colonies have in common?
Similar Climate, grew tobacco, and government
Groups of people who rely on each other
Interdependence
True or False. Indigo was a popular crop grown in North Carolina
False, Indigo was a popular crop in SOUTH Carolina.
Who were the Black Seminoles?
10. A group of runaway Africans that dressed like and lived with Native Americans.
Why was Eliza Lucas Pinckney important to the Southern Colonies?
8. She was a southern colonist that learned how to grow the indigo plant.
Why did the Carolina Colony split apart?
The colony was very large and became difficult to govern.
A plantation owner
Planter
What was one day that plantations were different from small family farms.
What was the other major industry in the Southern Colonies.
Lumber, from naval stores and sawmills.