Mason Dixon Line Divided Southern Colonies from the rest of the colonies Between Pennsylvania and Maryland 244 miles long Named after Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon They surveyed the land and created the line ID: 736355
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The Southern Colonies
Section 3Slide2
Mason- Dixon Line
Divided Southern Colonies from the rest of the
colonies
Between Pennsylvania and Maryland
244 miles long
Named after Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon
They surveyed the land and created the “line.”
Southern Colonies developed a
different way
of life
than that
of the Middle and New England
Colonies.Slide3
I. Maryland
Sir George Calvert wanted a colony just for Catholics.
Died before he could get
the colony underway
Cecil, Lord Baltimore, Calvert pushed his fathers plan forward.
200
colonists
landed in the upper Chesapeake Bay across from Virginia.
Land of Plenty
Fish
Oysters
CrabsSlide4
F. Growing a Colony
St. Mary was the first city.
Gave land grants to anyone who would bring servants,
women
, and children
Margaret and Mary Brent
9 male
servants
2 plantations 1000 acres each
.
Margaret helped prevent a rebellion among the soldiers.Slide5
G. Religious
Tolerance
Allowed Protestants and Catholics
Act of
Toleration (1649
)- provided religious freedom to call Christians.
**Except Jews**
Set up to protect the Catholics right to worship Slide6
II. Carolinas
1663- Eight
nobles received land grant from Charles
II
Northern
Area
North Carolina,1712
Poor
tobacco farmers from Virginia.
Had small farms.
Southern Area( South Carolina, 1719) rich farmers
Largest settlement- Charles Town (Charleston)Slide7
D. Rise
in
Slavery
1685
rice was found to grow well in the swampy areas on the coast.
Used slaves imported from areas in Africa where rice was
grown
Rice became Carolina’s
cash
crop
South Carolina grew
Indigo
Used to make valuable blue dye
5. Slaves outnumbered colonists 2:1Slide8
III. Georgia
Founded by James Oglethorpe in 1732
Wanted the colony to be for
debtors
- people who owed money they could
not pay back, to have a new start.
1733- Savannah
was built
Strict laws against
slavery (later
reversed to allow for growth)
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IV. Growth in slave trade
Slavery in Africa was part of social and economic system.
Slaves from Africa would be crammed tightly under the
decks of the ships.
Most died of illness or starvation
Lasts
400 years and cost the lives of over 3 million Africans
Slave Codes
- treated enslaved Africans not as human but as propertySlide10