Which colonies made up the Southern Colonies?Which colonies made up the Southern Colonies?

Maryland

• Founded by Lord Baltimore for Catholics

• Act of Toleration- document that gave religious freedom to all Christians

Virginia

• Settled by the English• Bacon’s Rebellion-

Nathaniel Bacon and his followers raided Indian villages

• This showed that settlers were determined to push into Indian lands.

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

Georgia

• Founded by General James Oglethorpe

• For debtors from England

• A debtor is a person who owes money

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

Slave Codes

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

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?

More Questions

• Who was Georgia founded for?

• What was Bacon’s 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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