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Ch 7 notecards
Southern colonies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who founded Maryland? | the calverts |
| Who were the Calverts? | They were wealthy English landowners |
| Why did the Calverts set up the colony of Maryland? | they sought religious freedom in England |
| what was another name for George Calvert | he was also known as lord baltimore |
| Chesapeake Bay was translated to what | Great shellfish bay |
| what was life like in Maryland and Virginia | Mild climate, the colonists grow tobacco, they had a governer and elected representative |
| What happened in 1649 | Maryland passed the Toleration Act |
| What happened in 1702 | The Algonquin church becomes colony's official church |
| what type of colony was the Maryland | Proprietary colony |
| What written plan of government did the colony of Carolina have | They had a constitution |
| What happened in 1712 | the colony of Carolina splits into 2(North Carolina and South Carolina) |
| What crop does North Carolina grow | They grow tobacco |
| What crop does South Carolina grow | They grow rice which is grown in a wetter climate |
| what colony is claimed by England, France and Spain | Georgia |
| who did King Charles the 2nd give the charter to | James Oglethorpe |
| James Oglethorpe had an idea what was the idea | They should sent debtors to Georgia to colonize it so that they would get a second chance at life |
| Who were debtors | They were people who got sent to prison for not paying their bills |
| Who was Georgia named after | King George the 2nd |
| What happened in 1733 | The first colonists arrive and create the settlement of Savannah |
| What did the colony of Georgia not allow at first | slavery |
| when did the colony of Georgia allow slavery | 1751 |
| What does Piedmont become known as | The backcountry |
| Why is it called the backcountry | Because it is far away from the coastline |
| What was the backcountry like | It had thick forests, steep hills, and few roads |
| German immigrants' followed a native trail which was known as what | Great Wagon Road |
| What war lasted 2 years | Tuscarora War |
| About how many Natives were captured as slaves or killed in the Tuscarora War | About 950 Natives |
| How long does slavery last | About 300 years |
| When was slavery allowed in all colonies | mid-1700's |
| What was a plantation | a large farm that used slaves as workers |
| What were the slaves punishment for not behaving | getting whipped or even killed |
| How do slaves try to keep their culture going | They would sing songs or tell stories in secret |
| What was the economy based on | farming |
| What was the overseers job | They were the ones who punished the slaves and watched them work to make sure that the slaves were doing there job |
| Who were the planters | The were the people who owned the plantations |
| What were the slaves not allowed to do | go to school and to learn to read/write |
| what was Fort Mose | Fort Mose was a settlement for free Africans in 1738 |
| Who was Charlestown named after | King Charles the 2nd |
| Which town becomes the largest city in the Southern Colonies | Charlestown |
| Which colony is the largest port city | Charlestown |
| What were Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina's cash crop | Tobacco |
| How many years does it take for tobacco to use up the soil's nutrients | 7 years |
| What were North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia's cash crop | Rice |
| Rice was also called what | Carolina gold |
| What age was Eliza Lucas Pinckney when she was experimenting | 16 years old |
| What was a cash crop that grew on drier land and produced a blue dye | Indigo |
| What city was a major export center in the South and a major ship building center | Baltimore, Maryland |
| What city had navel stores and saw mills | Wilmington, North Carolina |
| What 2 things were important to the success of the plantation | Ports and rivers |
| Where was Fort Mose located | In Spanish Florida |
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