Vocabulary
a written plan of government
Constitution
Maryland was founded by what family?
The Calvert Family
Maryland and Virginia shared a mild climate- very good for growing what?
Tobacco
The original Carolina Colony was from:
Virginia to Spanish Florida
Maryland passed the Toleration Act in 1649- what did this do for the colonists?
Granted religious freedom to Christians, though the Anglican Church became its official church in 1702.
people who had been put in prison for owing money
Debtor
George Calvert was also known as who?
Lord Baltimore
Maryland's government helped indentured servants... what were some things they provided them with? Name 2:
Land, clothes, tools, corn & other crops
African's were most likely to survive in:
Virginia
The Carolina Colony was very difficult to govern because:
The colony grew too large, and colonists ignored unpopular laws, leading to a split in 1712.
land “in back of” the area settled by Europeans
__________ this person took over after George Calvert died
Cecilius Calvert
North Caroliona focused on growing:
Tobacco & Corn
To escape slavery, many enslaved people ran away to:
Spanish Florida
Who said the quote: "By such a Colony, many families, who would otherwise starve, will be provided for, and made master of houses and lands."
James Oglethorpe
plantation owners
Planter
which religion did the Calvert family follow?
Catholicism (Catholic)
South Carolina focused on growing:
What colony did James Oglethorpe help settle?
Georgia
What War began in 1711?
The Tuscarora War
someone who was hired to watch over enslaved people as they were working
Overseer
In what ways did the economy of the Southern Colonies depend of the practice of Slavery? (Name 3)
1. cheap labor
2. the plantation owner wouldn't have to do the work themselves
3. the labor was needed to grow cash crops
The first settlement in Maryland:
St. Mary's City
Williamsburg became Virginia's capital in:
1699