Chapter 3, Section 4

The Southern Colonies relied

on cash crops, while the

French and Spanish tried to

establish their own

settlements.

List the names of the five Southern colonies & the names

for French & Spanish settlements in North America.

In Southern Colonies,

plantations made huge profits.

There was a growing demand

for workers.

Criminals, prisoners of war, and

those who could not afford

passage to America often

arrived as indentured servants.

African slaves were captured

and shipped to America in

growing numbers.

The Calvert family was

given a grant to establish

a colony as a safe place

for Catholics.

Maryland grew quickly,

mainly from the sale of

tobacco crops.

Baltimore became the

largest city.

Virginia continued to grow.

Wealthy tobacco planters

had taken the best land by

the coast.

Others moved west where

they fought with Indians.

Bacon’s Rebellion showed

that colonists would not be

stopped from expanding

westward.

Bacon’s Rebellion

Carolina was founded in the 1660’s a one big proprietary colony.

Charles Town became the largest city in all the Southern Colonies. Later, it would become Charleston.

In 1729, Carolina split into two royal colonies.

In North Carolina, tobacco

was the main cash crop.

In South Carolina, rice &

indigo were the leading

cash crops.

Because growing these cash

crops took much labor, by

the early-1700’s, more than

half the people living in the

Carolinas were enslaved

Africans.

Georgia was the last English

colony to form to America

General James Oglethorpe

received a charter to create

a colony where debtors, and

poor people, could start

over.

The city of Savannah was

built in 1733. Soon, Georgia

was being populated by

people from many European

countries.

Oglethorpe Square

Savannah, Georgia

French settlement in North America advanced slowly.

They made profits from fishing and fur trading than building large colonies.

Their largest settlement was New France with its capital, Quebec.

The French enjoyed better relations with Native Americans.

By 1700, Spain still controlled

most of Mexico, the Caribbean, Central & South America.

They built missions and

presidios throughout the American Southwest (San Diego, San Antonio & Santa Fe).

Rivalries between European countries in America would lead to war in the 1700’s.