PPT-Ch.4, Sec.3 – The Southern Colonies: Plantations & Slavery

the Southern Colonies were made up of Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia Ch4 Sec3 The Southern Colonies Plantations amp Slavery The Plantation Economy the Souths fertile soil and almost yearround growing season was ideal to grow cash crops like tobacco rice and cotton. Geography. Five colonies that make up the south are:. Maryland. Virginia. North Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia. Share a coastal area called the tidewater which was a flat lowland that includes many swampy areas. What were some similarities and differences between the three colonial regions?. Colonial Regions, Alike and Different. Life in the colonies reflected the physical geography of the settlements.. Climate and geography divided the new colonies into three regions:. Maryland. Sir George Calvert got the charter from King Charles I in 1632. His son, Lord Baltimore, settled the area in 1634. About 200 colonists settled there. Lord Baltimore was the proprietor of the colony. 1793-1860. American Pageant Chapter 16. “Cotton is King!”. King Cotton. Cotton Gin—revives slavery. South & others profited. ½ of American exports after 1840. Produced more than ½ world’s supply. Europeans and American Indians maneuvered and fought for dominance, control, and security in North America, and distinctive colonial and native societies emerged.. Review of period 1 Group quizzes . Multiple choice questions. 1625-1700. AP FOCUS. Similarities and differences amongst the colonial regions, focusing on:. Geography. Politics. Economics. Religion. Social structure. Religious toleration and separation of church and state. Create your new colony. You have found a new colony-congratulations! Now you have some decisions to make:. Economy-How will you make $$?. Government-How will it be structured?. Social/cultural aspects-what are they? What is life like? Are there social classes?. The English enslaved Africans and forced them to work in the colonies.. Slavery had terrible effects on people and cultures of Africa. Although a majority of the enslaved Africans lived in the Southern Colonies, they were part of the population of each of the 13 colonies. . * The territory gained by the US in the Mexican-American War greatly increased sectional tension.. Slavery & Westward Expansion. 1846. . David Wilmot. Penn.(Dem). . The Wilmot Proviso. : proposed that slavery not be allowed in any territory gained from Mexico.. Founding of Georgia. Problems between Northern Spanish territory in Florida and South Carolina. James Oglethorpe:. Military hero and member of parliament. Founded Georgia as buffer between Spanish and English colonies.. 1790-1860. Slavery: Post Revolution. “republican” ideology of equality and liberty. Massachusetts outlaws slavery in 1783. By 1800, slavery is banned above the Mason-Dixon Line. Northwest Ordinance of 1787 banned slavery in the Northwest Territories. 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.”. Barbados slaves codes brought to South Carolina. . Leads to massive Racism. . Imported in large numbers following:. Bacons Rebellion-1676. Invention of Cotton Gin- 1790 . Compromise of the Constitution. Topic #7 Development of Colonial Slavery How did European slavery of Africans first develop? Portuguese fort named Elmina (“the mine”) Portuguese first began using slaves on the sugar plantations established on Sao Tome and Principe