Which colonies made up the Southern Colonies?

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Which colonies made up the Southern Colonies?
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Maryland

• Founded by Lord Baltimore for Catholics
• Act of Toleration- document that gave religious
  freedom to all Christians

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Virginia

• Settled by the English
• Bacons Rebellion- Nathaniel Bacon and his
  followers raided Indian villages
• This showed that settlers were determined to push
  into Indian lands.

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Carolinas

• Split because of differences into North and South
• North Carolina had small farms
• South Carolina had large plantations
• rice was a major crop for both colonies

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Georgia

• Founded by General James Oglethorpe
• For debtors from England
• A debtor is a person who owes money

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Middle Passage

• Most southern colonies had slavery
• The Middle Passage is the voyage of Africans to
  the colonies
• Slaves had to endure very poor conditions on the
  voyage

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Slave Codes

• Slave codes were laws that set out rules to
  control slaves behavior.

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Questions to answer

• Who founded Maryland?
• For what people was Maryland established?
• What was the Act of Toleration?
• What was the major difference between North and
  South Carolina?
• What crop do they both produce?

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More Questions

• Who was Georgia founded for?
• What was Bacons Rebellion?
• What was the Middle Passage?
• What were slave codes?
• Why do you think slave owners wanted slave codes?
• Does might make right?

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