Politics
Who was the captain of the party that settled Jamestown?
John Smith
Name 3 crash crops that were grown in the Southern colonies.
Tobacco, indigo, & cotton
What 2 groups worked on plantations?
Fill in the blank: Lord Baltimore was granted possession of _________.
Maryland
Name of first representative government in the colonies.
Virginia house of Burgesses
Which colony was considered king of tobacco
Virginia
Why did Pocahontas marry John Ralph?
To secure peace between the natives Americans and the colonists.
Name 5 states that were once Southern colonies.
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
What was the name of the group that tried to govern Virginia from England?
The Virginia Company of London
Why did crops grow well in the Southern colonies?
They had a warm climate and a long growing season.
What is the name of an Indigenous group who lived in Virginia?
The Powhatan / The Algonquians
This thing killed the most colonists.
Mosquitos or disease.
Virginia House of Burgesses
Unlike the Puritans of New England, most Southerners did not come to the New World seeking religious freedom. What did they seek?
Land/wealth
Name a disease that spread in the Southern colonies. Especially Jamestown!
Malaria and yellow fever
Why did the south have less towns that the north?
Plantations took up took much room