Geography
What are the two Chesapeake Colonies and what is the main cash crop they grow
Virginia and Maryland / Tobacco
Under the Great Charter of 1618 the Virginia Company offered about how many acres to each person who paid their passage
50 acres
The main goal of the Virginia Company in Jamestown
Make money
What role did colonial governments have in the expansion of slavery
They created laws that reinforced and protected the practice of slavery
Workers who worked until their debt was owed and then became free
Indentured Servants
What are the main cash crops of the lower southern colonies
Rice/Indigo
Name of the first English Settlement in North America
Jamestown
While Maryland was also founded to make a profit, they also were formed as a colony to provide what
Religious freedom
Virginia Company offered about 50 acres for each person whose passage was paid
Race-based Slavery in the colonies meant people were typically enslaved for how long
Life
How did the warm climate, long growing season, rivers, and fertile land shape the Southern economy
It allowed favorable geographic conditions to grow cash crops
As population began to grow, tensions started to rise with who
Native American population
Georgia was founded to be a defensive buffer zone between South Carolina and this Spanish settlement
Florida
1662 Virginia Slave Law - Children would be free or enslaved based on __________
The condition/status of the mother
People were captured from Africa and forcibly transported across the Atlantic in what became known as the
Atlantic Slave Trade
Correctly label all of the Southern Colonies
1- Georgia, 2- SC. 3- NC. 4- Virginia, 5- Maryland
Name of the man who led the rebellion against Gov. Berkley and Virginia's government
Nathaniel Bacon
Complete the cause and effect chain
Cause → Effect: Cash crop → ____________→ Expansion → Conflict
Land hunger / Need for land
The Toleration Act of 1649 in Maryland was the first example of what in the colonies
Religious protection / Freedom of Religion
Hereditary slavery
Why did South Carolina become a larger economic power than North Carolina
Charleston became a major port to ship goods
2 major problems Jamestown faced early
Disease, food shortage, conflict with Native populations
As population grew and landholdings expanded, pressure on what group increased
Native Americans
Upon founding Georgia, they initially had a law that made what common practice in the South illegal
Slavery
Enslaved Africans were not merely a source of labor. Name two things these people brought with them to the colonies
Culture, skills, knowledge, agricultural technologies, etc.