Geography & Climate
Why did crops grow well in the Southern colonies?
They had a warm climate and a long growing season.
what types of people were able to vote?
white men who owned property
why were the southern colonies a place of religious freedom?
citizens were tolerant of their faiths
what did the southern colonies use cash crops for?
they sold them for money
what types of workers worked on southern plantations?(there are 3 types)
Indentured servants, artisans and enslaved people
what are the 5 southern colonies
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia
fill in the blank. the colonial assemblies were important because _______
they voted and made laws
what was another reason the colonies were a place of religious freedom?
plantations towns and homes were spread out
what were the five crops grown in southern colonies?
tobacco, rice indigo cotton and suger
why might someone say that plantations were like small city's?
anything a person needed could be found or made on the plantation