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Kunz-Southern Colon
Kunz - The Southern Colonies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| One of the original leaders of the Jamestown colony who demanded that settlers work if they wanted to eat | John Smith |
| A plant used to make a valuable blue dye | indigo |
| People who owed money they could not pay back | debtor |
| An area of land located between two larger lands that reduces the possibility of conflict between them | buffer |
| A large estate farmed by many workers | plantation |
| Laws established in southern colonies to limit slaves’ rights and treat them as property instead of as human beings | slave code |
| The belief that one race is superior to another | racism |
| The border between Pennsylvania and Maryland that also formed a cultural border between Middle and Southern Colonies | Mason-Dixon Line |
| Founded the colony of Maryland to be a place where Catholics could worship freely | Lord Baltimore |
| Law passed by Maryland’s elected assembly in 1649 to protect religious freedom for all Christians | Act of Toleration |
| 1676 – Uprising of settlers in Virginia who attacked Indian villages and the capital of Jamestown to protest Indian attacks and the governor’s refusal to help | Bacon's Rebellion |
| Founded the colony of Georgia as a place where people who owed money could make a clean start | James Oglethorpe |
| Half Indian and half English woman who helped to keep peace between settlers and Creek Indians in Georgia | Mary Musgrove |
| Area of rich farmland near the coastline where rivers are affected by ocean tides | Tidewater |