Southern Colonies
Historical Background
Founder:
Captain John Smith
Social/People
Class Structure:
Slaves
Economy
Type Of Jobs:
Tobacco farming
Religion
Main Religious Group(s):
Church of England
Geography
Geographical features:
Fishing
Government
Structure Of Government:
Historical Background
Founder:
- 1607-Sir Walter Raleigh-Virginia
- 1732-George II-Georgia
- 1608-Captain John Smith-Maryland
- 1690-Eight Lord Proprietors-South Carolina
- Virginia-Raleigh the colony as an investment by earning money by trading the raw materials
- Georgia-George II saw settling the colony as a way to wrest the colony away from Spain.
- Georgia-James Oglethorpe wanted to settle the colony for the refuge for the poor
- Maryland-A Lord Proprietor often ran the colony from England as a business
- Maryland-Lord Calvert wanted Maryland to be a haven from religious persecution
- South Carolina-The Eight Lords considered the colony an investment by making money of the people of the colony
Captain John Smith
Social/People
Class Structure:
- Free white men were the highest class and had rights
- Slaves were the lowest class and did not have rights
Slaves
Economy
Type Of Jobs:
- Farming
- Hunting
- Fishing
- Tobacco
- Indigo
- Rice
- Grain
- Shipping
- Fishing
- Lumber businesses-Maryland
Tobacco farming
Religion
Main Religious Group(s):
- Catholic-Maryland and South Carolina
- Church of England-Virginia
- Required to attend church twice on Sunday-Virginia
- No one could use abusive language against any religion of any church
- Religious freedom-Georgia
- Strong religious tolerance-Virginia
Church of England
Geography
Geographical features:
- Long hot, humid summers
- Long growing seasons
- Near coast
- Lots of rain
- Lumber
- Iron-Maryland
- Fish
Fishing
Government
Structure Of Government:
- House of Burgesses-Virginia
- Self government-Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina
- Common House of Assembly-Georgia
- System of laws written by John Locke-South Carolina
- Only free white me could vote
- Slaves could not vote
- Women could not vote
Cotton Field
George Calvert
This is a Church
Black Slaves