THE SOUTHERN COLONIES

Virginia •Maryland•Carolina

•North Carolina•South Carolina

VIRGINIA Founded by John Smith in 1605 Virginia was founded for gold and riches. The first colonists to settle Virginia were

wealthy gentlemen. Because of the rich soil tobacco was easy

to grow. After awhile tobacco became one of

Virginia’s main cash crops The main aspiration of these colonists

was to make money. The predominant religion was Protestant.

MARYLAND•The first settlers landed in the Chesapeake Bay on February 23, 1634 on the Dove and on the Ark• The capital (Baltimore) was named after Lord Baltimore.•Maryland was founded by Cecil Calvert. (George Calvert’s son)•Maryland was founded to be a safe place for people of all religions.•Maryland reaches the mouth of the Potomac River.•Colonists planted corn, wheat and tobacco.•Women were treated very badly.•Most of these colonist came to America as an indentured servant.

George Calvert

George Calvert was a Catholic who feared the growing power of the Puritans. He decided to leave England to start a colony in North America. He asked the king if he would grant him a charter. He granted him land north of the Potomac River. George Calvert died before he ever got to see the land.

CECIL CALVERT

• Women wore long dresses and corsets.• Because of the corsets lots of women had broken ribs.• The men wore long pants called breeches.•Maryland was the first proprietary colony.• Maryland was named after Queen Consort Henrietta Maria the wife of Brittan's King Charles 1• One of the other reasons that people came to Maryland was to get a good education.

Cecil Calvert was George Calvert’s son. He was known as the second Lord Baltimore. When his father died he continued the trip and founded present day Maryland. Since the Calverts were Catholics , Maryland the first catholic colony.

IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT MARYLAND

Colonies Capital: AnnapolisLargest City: BaltimoreResidents’ Name: MarylandersMajor Industries: farming, steel

products, FishingPopulation ( in 1700s): 25000

Balitmore-corn, dairy products and soy beans Harford-cattle, dairy products, soybeans,and corn Washington-fruit, soybeans, poultry, dairy

products and cattle

CAROLINA Before North Carolina and South Carolina were

made separate colonies they were part of the colony Carolina.

Carolina was a royal colony In 1653 king Charles issued a royal charter to

eight nobles to settle the lands south of Virginia. After this colony was founded lots of Virginians

moved into this area. After a awhile because of internal problems the

colony was split up into North and South Carolina.

The Carolinas were named after the king. Carolus is the Latin word for Charles.

NORTH CAROLINA The geography of North Carolina is hilly

and covered in forests. One of the major industries is farming

(tobacco, rice and indigo) North Carolina had rich farm land. These colonists did not have to worry

about surviving cold winters. This colony relied on its good weather

and great agriculture. Predominant religion was Anglican

SOUTH CAROLINA South Carolina’s cash crops were furs,

indigo, tobacco and farming products The geography of South Carolina is hilly

and full of forests. One of the major industries is fishing. The Southern Colonies had the warmest

weather out of all of the colonies. Major city is Charleston In South Carolina there was lots of

religious tolerance

PICTURES OF SOUTH CAROLINA

GEORGIA Was the last colony to be founded Founded in 1730 Founded by James Oglethorpe Founded for the poor Was an alternative to debtors prison Named after King George 2 Major city is Savannah Major industry is planting rice, sugar

and indigo

PICTURES THAT REPRESENT GEORGIA

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