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Journal – 6 9/24/09Southern Colonies

Virginia

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Journal – 6 9/24/09Southern Colonies

Virginia

Founder/Leader:Virginia Co of London; John Smith

Year Settled/Town(s):1607; Jamestown

Political:HOB 1619 – elected assembly; 1st representative govtVote – free, white male property ownersLaws allowed white colonists to enslave Africans

Religious:None

Resources:Tobacco, cattle, grain, rum, fish

Economy:Plantations – tobacco

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Maryland

Founder/Leader:Sir Calvert/Lord Baltimore

Year Settled/Town(s):1634; Chesapeake Bay

Political:Elected assembly

Religious:Religious freedoms for CatholicsProtestants and Catholics allowedAct of Toleration – protected religious freedoms for all Christians

Resources:Tobacco, grain, cattle, rum, fish

Economy:Plantations – tobacco, rice and indigo

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North Carolina

Founder/Leader:8 English Nobles

Year Settled/Town(s):1712

Political:Slave codesRacism

Religious:Introduced slaves to Christianity

Resources:Tobacco, rice, indigo, cattle, lumber, grain

Economy:Plantations – tobacco, rice, indigo

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South Carolina

Founder/Leader:8 English Nobles

Year Settled/Town(s):1719; Charles Town (Charleston)

Political:Slave codesRacism

Religious:Introduced slaves to Christianity

Resources:Rice, indigo, cattle, grain, lumber, rum

Economy:Plantations – tobacco, rice, indigo

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Georgia

Founder/Leader:Olglethorpe

Year Settled/Town(s):1732; Savannah

Political:Colony for debtors to make fresh startStrict rules – farms limited to 500 acres and no slaverySlave codesRacism

Religious:Introduced slaves to Christianity

Resources:Rice, indigo

Economy:Plantations – rice and indigo

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