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“Southern Colonies”“Southern Colonies”

Southern Colonies

• Geography and Climate– Fertile soil– Very long growing seasons – This area was very warm and sunny

Southern Colonies• Economy (how they made their

money)– Plantation agriculture such as cotton,

rice, tobacco, indigo, and sugar cane. – Southern crops took many nutrients out

of the soil that were hard to replace.• Farms needed to be much larger to

profitable• This helped develop the plantation system

caused people to be much more spread out across the Southern colonies than in the Middle and New England colonies.

Southern Colonies

• Virginia

• Maryland

• North and South Carolina

• Georgia

• Using the atlas, label these colonies on the map.

Virginia

• Founded for economic reasons $$– John Smith– Jamestown 1607– Virginia House of Burgesses

• The first elected law-making body in the colonies.

• Provided local control over some issues so colonists didn’t have to wait for Britain to decide the outcome of all things.

• Expanded the idea of representative government

Maryland

Founded for religious freedom– Lord Baltimore– The Catholics– Maryland Toleration Acts

• A law granting religious freedom in hopes of attracting more settlers.

North and South Carolina

Founded for economic reasons

Georgia

– Founded as a refuge for debtors

– a buffer between the Spanish and English colonies.

– James Oglethorp

The Backcountry

• Area to the West of the colonies

• Settled by many different nationalities of people.

• The Appalachian Mountains restricted more people from moving further West.

The Colonists and Trade

• Colonies traded in 3 ways– Within the colonies (with each other)– By directly exchanging goods back

and forth with Europe.– Various triangular trade routes.

Triangular Trade

MercantilismEngland’s policy to control trade in the

colonies

Draw the following chart on your paper so that you understand the flow of the mercantilist policy of Britain:

ColoniesMother Country

(Britain)Manufactured Goods

Salutary Neglect

British left the colonies on their own for many years.

This ‘neglect’ helped the colonies learn how to deal with their own problems & issues instead of waiting for Britain to fix things for them.

Representative Government• A government BY the people FOR the

people• Enlightenment

– John Locke

– Believed people had rights that governments must protect

• Democracy/Republicanism• English Bill of Rights, Magna Carta, and

Glorious Revolution all help influence the idea of representative government in the colonies.

Closing

• Look at the key for the thirteen colonies map. Label the map with the correct symbols for the Southern colonies.

Brochure

• Include the following– Why your colony was founded– Who founded your colony– The Geography and Climate of your

colony– How your colony made their money– Create a catch phrase

• “Everything's bigger in Texas!”