Of The Southern Colonies Press F5 To Begin Slideshow M Wagner As more tobacco plantations were started settlers moved further from Jamestown and the colony of Virginia began to grow In 1624 King James took away the charter he had given Virginia ID: 259074
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Development
Of The
Southern Colonies
Press F5 To Begin Slideshow
M. WagnerSlide2
As more tobacco plantations were started, settlers moved further from Jamestown, and the colony of Virginia began to grow.Slide3
In 1624, King James took away the charter he had given Virginia.
He made the colony a “royal colony”,
meaning that the governor would now be appointed by the king.Slide4
Is this a primary or secondary source?
This is an advertisement from the 1600s-
w
hich makes it a primary source.Slide5
Writing Has Changed Over The Years
Back then, the letter “s” looked like the letter “f”.
businessSlide6
What was the purpose of this ad?
Wrap-Up:
Looking for a young blacksmith to serve as an indentured servant for 4-5 years in Maryland.
To go to Maryland, a BLACKSMITH, a young man unmarried, bred to country business such as ploughs, axes, hoes, and can shoe a horse, and any other thing that may offer, and will bind for four or five years, he will find good encouragement. For further particulars, inquire at William Brown, junior, merchant in Glasgow.Slide7
Under what circumstances would you have been willing to serve as an indentured servant?
Keep In Mind:
Only about 40% of the indentured servants lived long enough to complete their term of service during the early years in the colonies.Slide8
Words
To
KnowSlide9
Building Prior
KnowledgeAbout Maryland
The
Calverts
were a wealthy English family who were Catholic. Slide10
Building Prior KnowledgeAbout Maryland
The
Calverts
wanted to establish a colony that would:
Make Money
Be a safe place for Catholics who were often treated unfairly in England.Slide11
Building Prior KnowledgeAbout Maryland
King Charles I granted a charter to the family in 1632. Slide12
Building Prior KnowledgeAbout Maryland
The family did not want their colony to end up like Roanoke; thus they carefully planned.Slide13
Building Prior KnowledgeAbout Maryland
In 1633, the first settlers left England under the leadership of one of the Calvert sons.
Many of these first settlers were
indentured servants
.Slide14
Building Prior Knowledge: Maryland
Having learned from Jamestown, some tobacco plantations were started, right away.
The geography of Maryland (like that of Virginia) was perfect for growing tobacco.Slide15
Building Prior KnowledgeAbout Maryland
From the beginning, Maryland welcomed settlers from many
religions.Slide16
Building Prior Knowledge: Maryland
In 1649, the colony passedThe Toleration Act.
This was the first law in the English colonies that allowed all Christians to worship as they pleased.Slide17
Building Prior Knowledge: Maryland
Economic Opportunities ended up being more of a pull than religious freedom.Slide18
Building Prior Knowledge: Maryland
Up until 1680, indentured servants were the main source of labor.
After this time, more and more enslaved Africans were brought to Maryland.Slide19
After the settlement of Virginia,4 more Southern Colonies were founded by the
English, along the Atlantic Coast.
Southern Colonies:
VirginiaMaryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
GeorgiaSlide20
Reasons Southern Colonies Were Founded:
Desire To Make A ProfitDesire For Religious Freedom
Desire To Provide English Prisoners With A Second Chance
What are the pros and cons for providing English prisoners with a second chance in the New World?Slide21
Economies of these colonies were dependent mainly on cash crops.
Main Cash Crops
TobaccoRice
IndigoSlide22
The growing of cash crops resulted in more and more Africans being brought to the colonies as slaves.Slide23
R
Map from 1657
What is the title of this map?
What does this title mean?
The colony of Carolina developed to the South of Virginia.Slide24
R
Map from 1657
Roanoke
IslandSlide25
Colony Of Carolina
English settlers who came into this colony came from Virginia.
Why might the settlers have left Virginia
and moved south to Carolina? Slide26
Colony Of Carolina
As the population of Virginia grew, land became scarce as the wealthy landowners took more and more land for their plantations.Slide27
A Brief Description Of The Province of Carolina On the Coasts of Floreda. And More perticularly of a New-Plantation begun by the English at Cape-
Feare, on that River now by them called Charles-River, the 29th of May. 1664. Wherein is set forth The Healthfulness of the Air; the Fertility of the Earth, and Waters; and the great Pleasure and Profit will accrue to those that shall go thither to enjoy the same.
What Type Of Document Is This?
This was actually an introduction to a pamphlet designed to encourage people in England to come and settle in Carolina.Slide28
A Brief Description Of The Province of Carolina On the Coasts of Floreda. And More perticularly of a New-Plantation begun by the English at Cape-
Feare, on that River now by them called Charles-River, the 29th of May. 1664. Wherein is set forth The Healthfulness of the Air; the Fertility of the Earth, and Waters; and the great Pleasure and Profit will accrue to those that shall go thither to enjoy the same.
What does this description offer to settlers?Slide29
Section of the Royal Charter
given to the founders of the colony of Georgia
What words do you recognize?Slide30
Section of the Royal Charter given to the founders of the colony of Georgia
GEORGE the second, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, and so forth. To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting.
Whereas we are credibly informed, that many of our poor subjects are, through misfortunes and want of employment, reduced to great necessity, insomuch as by their labor they are not able to provide a maintenance for themselves and families; and if they had means to defray their charges of passage, and other expenses, incident to new settlements, they would be glad to settle in any of our provinces in America where by cultivating the lands, at present waste and desolate, they might not only gain a comfortable subsistence for themselves and families, but also strengthen our colonies and increase the trade, navigation, and wealth of these our realms.
TranscriptionSlide31
Section of the Royal Charter given to the founders of the colony of Georgia
GEORGE the second, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, and so forth. To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting.
Whereas we are credibly informed, that many of our poor subjects are, through misfortunes and want of employment, reduced to great necessity, insomuch as by their labor they are not able to provide a maintenance for themselves and families; and if they had means to defray their charges of passage, and other expenses, incident to new settlements, they would be glad to settle in any of our provinces in America where by cultivating the lands, at present waste and desolate, they might not only gain a comfortable subsistence for themselves and families, but also strengthen our colonies and increase the trade, navigation, and wealth of these our realms.
Transcription
Refers to poor people living in EnglandSlide32
Section of the Royal Charter given to the founders of the colony of Georgia
GEORGE the second, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, and so forth. To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting.
Whereas we are credibly informed, that many of our poor subjects are, through misfortunes and want of employment, reduced to great necessity, insomuch as by their labor they are not able to provide a maintenance for themselves and families; and if they had means to defray their charges of passage, and other expenses, incident to new settlements, they would be glad to settle in any of our provinces in America where by cultivating the lands, at present waste and desolate, they might not only gain a comfortable subsistence for themselves and families, but also strengthen our colonies and increase the trade, navigation, and wealth of these our realms.
Transcription
Refers to hard times and lack of jobsSlide33
Section of the Royal Charter given to the founders of the colony of Georgia
GEORGE the second, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, and so forth. To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting.
Whereas we are credibly informed, that many of our poor subjects are, through misfortunes and want of employment, reduced to great necessity, insomuch as by their labor they are not able to provide a maintenance for themselves and families; and if they had means to defray their charges of passage, and other expenses, incident to new settlements, they would be glad to settle in any of our provinces in America where by cultivating the lands, at present waste and desolate, they might not only gain a comfortable subsistence for themselves and families, but also strengthen our colonies and increase the trade, navigation, and wealth of these our realms.
Transcription
They were unable to take care of themselves and their family.Slide34
Section of the Royal Charter given to the founders of the colony of Georgia
GEORGE the second, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, and so forth. To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting.
Whereas we are credibly informed, that many of our poor subjects are, through misfortunes and want of employment, reduced to great necessity, insomuch as by their labor they are not able to provide a maintenance for themselves and families; and if they had means to defray their charges of passage, and other expenses, incident to new settlements, they would be glad to settle in any of our provinces in America where by cultivating the lands, at present waste and desolate, they might not only gain a comfortable subsistence for themselves and families, but also strengthen our colonies and increase the trade, navigation, and wealth of these our realms.
Transcription
They needed a way to pay for their passage to the colony of Georgia.Slide35
Section of the Royal Charter given to the founders of the colony of Georgia
GEORGE the second, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, and so forth. To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting.
Whereas we are credibly informed, that many of our poor subjects are, through misfortunes and want of employment, reduced to great necessity, insomuch as by their labor they are not able to provide a maintenance for themselves and families; and if they had means to defray their charges of passage, and other expenses, incident to new settlements, they would be glad to settle in any of our provinces in America where by cultivating the lands, at present waste and desolate, they might not only gain a comfortable subsistence for themselves and families, but also strengthen our colonies and increase the trade, navigation, and wealth of these our realms.
Transcription
The would be able to make a comfortable living for their family.Slide36
Section of the Royal Charter given to the founders of the colony of Georgia
GEORGE the second, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, and so forth. To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting.
Whereas we are credibly informed, that many of our poor subjects are, through misfortunes and want of employment, reduced to great necessity, insomuch as by their labor they are not able to provide a maintenance for themselves and families; and if they had means to defray their charges of passage, and other expenses, incident to new settlements, they would be glad to settle in any of our provinces in America where by cultivating the lands, at present waste and desolate, they might not only gain a comfortable subsistence for themselves and families, but also strengthen our colonies and increase the trade, navigation, and wealth of these our realms.
Transcription
These people could help the colonies, if they were just able to get there.Slide37
Section of the Royal Charter given to the founders of the colony of Georgia
GEORGE the second, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, and so forth. To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting.
Whereas we are credibly informed, that many of our poor subjects are, through misfortunes and want of employment, reduced to great necessity, insomuch as by their labor they are not able to provide a maintenance for themselves and families; and if they had means to defray their charges of passage, and other expenses, incident to new settlements, they would be glad to settle in any of our provinces in America where by cultivating the lands, at present waste and desolate, they might not only gain a comfortable subsistence for themselves and families, but also strengthen our colonies and increase the trade, navigation, and wealth of these our realms.
Transcription
The would be able to make a comfortable living for their family.
They needed a way to pay for their passage to the colony of Georgia.
Refers to hard times and lack of jobs
Refers to poor people living in England
These people could help the colonies, if they were just able to get there.
They needed a way to pay for their passage to the colony of Georgia.
By the way…
This is an example of Talking To The TextSlide38
In A Nutshell, The Charter Means…
At this time in history there were many poor people in England.
When a poor person could not pay their debts, they were sentenced to debtor’s prison.
The founders of the Georgia colony wanted
to offer these
people a second
chance by paying for
their passage to Georgia.Slide39
Building Prior Knowledge: Georgia
In 1773, James Oglethorpe and19 partners were given a charter to settle a colony.
They named the colony Georgia, in honor of King George.
King GeorgeSlide40
Building Prior Knowledge: Georgia
The English were hoping it would serve as a buffer zone between the other English colonies and Florida (which was controlled by the Spanish).Slide41
Building Prior Knowledge:
Georgia
In order to get settlers to come to the colony, Oglethorpe came up with a plan.
He wanted to bring people who were in prison for owing money to the colony.
At that time, English citizens wer
e put in prison for owing money.Slide42
Building Prior Knowledge:
Georgia
Oglethorpe offered these prisoners the opportunity to leave debtor’s prison and settle in Georgia.
This idea (along with many others) caused
Olgethorpe
to be known as a very humane
and fair person.Slide43
Building Prior Knowledge:
Georgia
Oglethorpe decided not to allow slavery in the colony of Georgia.
Therefore, the colony began with small farms rather than large plantations.Slide44
Building Prior Knowledge: Georgia
In 1752, the king took control of the colony from Oglethorpe and his partners and made it a royal colony.
Slavery was now allowed and large plantations began to develop.Slide45
Building Prior Knowledge: Georgia
Slavery was now allowed and large plantations began to develop across Georgia.Slide46
Building Prior Knowledge:
Georgia
The main products from Georgia:
Indigo
Rice
LumberSlide47
Building Prior Knowledge: Georgia
In the beginning, the colony greatly resembled Carolina.
Lots of small family owned farms
Only a few large plantations.Slide48
Southern
Colonies
These 5 colonies had differences, but many similarities, as well. This is why they became known as the…