Geography
True or False: Delaware is part of the Southern Colonies.
What is false. Delaware is part of the middle colonies.
True or False: A rebellion is a violent encounter or clash between groups.
What is false. A rebellion is an organized attempt to resist authority or government.
True or False: A proprietor is a person who owned and controlled a colony.
What is true.
True or False: Debtors were farmers who grew cash crops like rice and sugar.
What is false. Debtors are people who owed money and could be imprisoned until they paid it back.
True or False: The Tidewater area was settled first and was dominated by large plantations.
What is true.
True or False: The climate in the Southern Colonies is cool and damp.
What is false. The climate in the Southern Colonies is warm and humid.
True or False: Farmers needed more land for wheat which caused conflicts with the Native Americans.
What is false. Farmers needed more land for tobacco.
True or False: Maryland included only Catholics.
What is false. Maryland included Catholics and Protestants.
True or False: Carolina split into three colonies.
What is false. Carolina split into two colonies. North Carolina and South Carolina.
True or False: A plantation is known as inland areas settled later and had small farms.
What is false. A plantation is a large farm that grows cash crops and uses many workers.
What does the word abolished mean?
What is to officially end or stop.
Why did Bacon's Rebellion happen?
What is because wealthy landowners bought the best farmland, leaving poorer settlers with little land and no vote.
Who was Lord Baltimore?
Who was Calvert's son, became the proprietor and controlled the colony.
Why did the northern part of Carolina develop slowly?
What is it lacked harbors and rivers.
Where did the plantation system begin?
What is in Virginia and Maryland.
What did Mason and Dixon do?
What is they surveyed a line that separated North and South regarding slavery.
What happened to Jamestown during Bacon's Rebellion?
What is it was burned down.
Who were Protestants?
Christians who were not part of the Catholic Church.
What did many planters do to help with work on sugar and rice plantations?
What is they brought enslaved people to work there.
What area was settled later and was made up of small, isolated farms?
What is the backcountry.
Describe the growing season of the Southern Colonies.
What is the climate was warm and humid, lot summers with a long growing season.
What happened after Bacon died?
What was the revolt collapsed and the government hanged 23 of his followers.
Describe the Act of Toleration.
What is a law that allowed Christians to have certain rights, like voting and holding office, but did not protect non-Christians.
Georgia was founded for two reasons. What is one of them?
What is to protect English colonies from Spanish attacks and because James Oglethorpe wanted a colony that protected English debtors.
Explain what the Tidewater is.
What is the coastal region of the Southern colonies with fertile land and rivers, ideal for farming large crops.