Southern Colonies

1. Southern Colonies Mrs. Lucas’s G Block

2. Today you are going to learn about the southern colonies and how they were born!Your teachers today will be:Ms.ShermanMs.TurnerMs.BurchMs.MayMs.CobleMrs. Shaw Ms.Pruett

3. Georgia Last colony of the 13 It was named after King George II James Edward Oglethorpe– English soldier, founded Georgia in 1732, governor for 12 years Wanted a place were debtors (people who owed $$) could make a fresh start Georgia was a “melting pot” (lots of different races joined together) Many Georgia farmers grew tobacco indigo, rice, wheat, barley, and corn and exported all that they grew Some farmers had cows, pigs, and chickens Constitutional monarchy Government Currency pound sterling(money type) People were not allowed to own more than 500 acres Many other jobs included blacksmiths, silversmiths, tailors, and pottery makers Most Georgians poorly interacted with Native American tribes For most of Georgia’s colonial period the creek Indians outnumbered the settlers (it wasn’t until the 1790’s that the creek Indians were minority

4. South Carolina: • South of North Carolina, set up by English nobles • Largest settlement- Charles Town, later Charleston, set up where Ashley and Cooper rivers met • Settlers in Charleston were mostly English people who had been living in Barbados, a British colony • Later, Germans, Swiss, French Protestants, and Spanish Jews arrived • Farmers found indigo, needed more slaves • Tried Indians, but they died • Later used African men and women brought against their will • African Americans outnumbered South Carolina settlers, only colony that had it that way

5. North Carolina: in 1663 a group of eight english nobles received a grant of land from king Charles the 2nd. in the northern carolinas, settlers were mostly poor tobacco farmers that had drifted south from Virginia. they tended to have small farms. in 1712, the colony became known as north carolina.

6. Virginia: Wealthy Englishmen asked King James I for a charter to establish a colony in the New World. The wealthy men formed a company called the Virginia Company. They set out to start a colony in the new world The colony was made in order to find gold and wealth They were in competition with Spain to see who could be wealthier About half of the men of the Virginia Company were wealthy gentlemen and their servants None of them knew much about farming So when the men came to dig for gold they had no food Lack of preparation set the British up for starvation and conflicts with the Natives The men that came built a fort named Jamestown after their king The town was set up on a swamp, which brought disease and mosquitoes Malaria was a huge problem in Jamestown The death rate was very high, and only 34 men survived out of 104 They worried that Jamestown would suffer the same fate as Roanoke But soon the colony was on a rebound The colony survived but barely 6,000 people came to Jamestown but only 1,300 survived CONFLICT WITH INDANS The Indians saw may reasons to get rid of the colonists They thought that they were weak and that they had no food Not to mention the colonist begged for food In 1618 Powhatan attacked the village He did not wipe the colonists out The English retaliated and asked the Indians for peace

7. Maryand • King George I granted the Province of Maryland to George Calvert so he could create haven for the Catholics and to make a profit off of tobacco • Calvert named it Maryland after Henrietta Maria, the King’s wife • In 1632 when Calvert died, he gave the Province of Maryland to his son, Caecilians Calvert • In 1634 Calvert brought the first settlers over to Maryland……………………………………………CONTINUED George Calvert

8. In 1649, the Maryland Toleration Act was one of the first laws dedicated to religious tolerance • King Charles II granted land to both Pennsylvania and Maryland and the land end up overlapping • This caused the Cresap’s War and they fought in the 1730’s King Charles II