1. Why was Georgia founded?. 2. Who founded Maryland? Why did he/she found the colony of Maryland?

1. Why was Georgia founded?

2. Who founded Maryland? Why did he/she found the colony of Maryland?

3. Why did slavery expand in the Southern colonies?

Which colonies are considered to be Southern colonies????

Founded 1639- Second southern colony (VA)

Intended to be a new society, free from the religious conflicts with Europe.

first person to dream of a colony in America where Catholics and Protestants could prosper together.

asked King Charles for a grant of land further south

Proprietary Colony: colony governed by a single owner.

Colony named after Queen Maria (wife of Charles I)

Settled on the Chesapeake Bay. North of Virginia Warm climate Enabled the growth of tobacco (slavery)

Why did Europeans decide to settle in the colony of Maryland?? They were tired of fighting about religion and

wanted to live in peace.

Act of Toleration (1649): Forbade religious persecution.

What is the difference between Protestant and Catholic church?

Protestant: Do not recognize Pope’s authority

Catholic (Roman Catholic): Pope leads church

Charles II: King of England Rewarded 8 supporters by giving them a grant

for a new colony, Carolina. Propreitors hoped to attract settlers by

offering Large land grants Religious toleration Political representation

entrepreneurial planters and businessmen

a major harbor African slave labor (rice, tobacco, Attractive physical environment

with rich soil and a long growing season

James Oglethorpe received a charter Named after King George II

Colony meant to be a fresh start for the poor.

All groups were welcome, excluding Catholics

Oglethorpe opposed slavery Colonists were unhappy (Carolinas)

Became a plantation society (slavery)

Plantations: large commercial estates where many laborers lived on the land and cultivated crops for the landowner; 1600s; required to produce the right kind of climate and techniques for the growth of cash crops.

Cash Crop: crop grown primarily for market: Tobacco, rice, and indigo; 1600s; the growing of cash crops contributed to the growing of plantations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0nYt0lIGjY

Indentured Servant Labor isn’t Working!!! They become free and want things Like land, freedoms, rights, money

American Colonies Need a New Source of Labor

One that won’t give them these problems