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The American NationThe American Nation
Chapter 4 – Section 3The Southern Colonies
The Thirteen English Colonies, 1630–1750
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What geographical features would make life different in the Southern Colonies than in the New England Colonies or Middle Colonies?
What geographical features would make life different in the Southern Colonies than in the New England Colonies or Middle Colonies?
Create a Matrix Chart for Key TermsCreate a Matrix Chart for Key Terms
Key Term/ Person Definition Clue/Example/Sentence
Defining Key Terms and PeopleDefining Key Terms and People
Key Terms• Mason-Dixon Line• Act of Toleration• Bacon's Rebellion• Indigo• Debtor• Slave code• Racism • Tidewater Plantation• Middle Passage
Key People• George C. Calvert• James Oglethorpe• Cecil Calvert – Lord
Baltimore
Complete puzzle to check you answers.
Chapter 4, Section 3
The Southern ColoniesThe Southern Colonies
Objectives to learn:• Why was Maryland important
to Roman Catholics?• How were the Carolinas and
Georgia founded?• What two ways of life
developed in the Southern Colonies?
• Why did the slave trade grow in the 1700s?
Create a Notes Sheet 4-3 – Southern Colonies
Create a Notes Sheet 4-3 – Southern Colonies
Questions to Answer Answers to Questions
1. Why was important to Roman Catholics? My Answers:Additional Information from Class:
2. How were the Carolinas and founded? My Answers:Additional Information from Class:
2. What two ways of life developed in the Southern Colonies? My Answers:Additional Information from Class:
2. Why did the slave trade grow in the 1700s? My Answers:Additional Information from Class:
Chapter 4, Section 3
I. Maryland Was Important to Roman CatholicsI. Maryland Was Important to Roman Catholics
A. 1632—Sir George Calvert, a Roman Catholic asked King Charles I for a colony in the Americas for Catholics. 1. Calvert named the colony Maryland after the King’s wife.2. Calvert died, so his son, Lord Baltimore, took over.
B. 1634—Settlers arrived in Maryland. Lord Baltimore appointed a governor and council of advisers, but he let colonists elect an assembly.
C. To have people settle the colony, Lord Baltimore gave generous land grants.
D. Maryland promoted religious tolerance = 1649—Lord Baltimore asked the assembly to pass an Act of Toleration, a law that provided religious freedom for all Christians.
Read Maryland’s Act of Toleration Summary – Answer: How does the Act of Toleration affect Maryland and
other colonies?
Read Maryland’s Act of Toleration Summary – Answer: How does the Act of Toleration affect Maryland and
other colonies?
The Establishment of Maryland (4:11)The Establishment of Maryland (4:11)
What was life like in Maryland?
Maryland – A Colony of Toleration (2:20)Maryland – A Colony of Toleration (2:20)
What was life like in Maryland?
What power did women have in Maryland?
Summarize: Bacon’s RebellionSummarize: Bacon’s Rebellion
What Happened? Why is it Important?
Chapter 4, Section 3
II. Bacon’s RebellionII. Bacon’s Rebellion
A. Settlers arrived in Virginia expecting profits from planting tobacco.
B. Wealthy planters already had the best lands near the coast, so newcomers were pushed farther inland, onto Indian lands.
C. Settlers and Indians clashed.D. Settlers asked the governor for help. He
wouldn’t act.E. In 1676, Nathaniel Bacon organized angry
frontier planters who raided Native American villages and burned Jamestown.
F. The revolt soon ended when Bacon died suddenly.
Chapter 4, Section 3
III. The Carolinas Are FoundedIII. The Carolinas Are Founded
A. North Carolina - 17121. Settlers were poor
tobacco farmers from Virginia
2. They lived on small farms
B. South Carolina - 17191. Established by 8 English
nobles 2. Largest settlement was
Charles Town (Charleston)
3. English settlers from Barbados
4. Grew rice and indigo = a plant used to make blue dye
5. Labor force was enslaved Africans
Summarize the differences in life in North Carolina verses South Carolina on the Venn Diagram while watching the
videos
Summarize the differences in life in North Carolina verses South Carolina on the Venn Diagram while watching the
videos
The Colony of North Carolina (3:49)The Colony of North Carolina (3:49)
The Colony of South Carolina (3:49)The Colony of South Carolina (3:49)
IV. Founding of GeorgiaIV. Founding of Georgia
A. 1732 – Founded by James Oglethorpe to give English debtors (people who owed money they could not pay back) a fresh start.
B. First settlement was Savannah
C. Strict rules
The Colony of Georgia (6:57)The Colony of Georgia (6:57)
What was life like in colonial Georgia?
Chapter 4, Section 3
V. Two Ways of Life in the Southern ColoniesV. Two Ways of Life in the Southern Colonies
Land
Farms
Crops
Slavery
Tidewater Plantations Backcountry
coastal plain, many rivers rolling hills, thick forests
large plantations small farms
tobacco, rice, indigo tobacco, garden crops
Enslaved Africans tended Tidewater plantations
Few enslaved Africans worked backcountry farms.
Summarize Two Ways of Life in the Southern Colonies on the Venn Diagram
Summarize Two Ways of Life in the Southern Colonies on the Venn Diagram
Plantation Life (2:20)Plantation Life (2:20)
Layout of the Plantation (2:11)Layout of the Plantation (2:11)
Life in the Backcountry (3:12)Life in the Backcountry (3:12)
Chapter 4, Section 3
VI. Why the Slave Trade Grew in the 1700sVI. Why the Slave Trade Grew in the 1700s
1619
1600s
Early 1700s
1700s
First enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia.
Some Africans remained enslaved, some were servants, a few were free.
Carolina plantations needed large numbers of workers.The planters came to rely on slave labor.
Slave ships carried millions of enslaved Africans west across the Atlantic. Colonists enacted slave codes.Many colonists displayed racism, though a few spoke out against slavery.
Middle Passage – passage of slave-trading ships from Africa to the United States across the Atlantic Oceanslave codes—laws that set out rules for slaves’ behavior; treated enslaved Africans as propertyracism—the belief that one race is superior to another
How did the growth of the Slave Trade happen? (2:00)
How did the growth of the Slave Trade happen? (2:00)
On a Slave Ship on the Middle PassageOn a Slave Ship on the Middle Passage
THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE
Map of the Atlantic Slave TradeMap of the Atlantic Slave Trade
Captured Africans being taken to forts on the west coast of Africa to await the Middle Passage
Captured Africans being taken to forts on the west coast of Africa to await the Middle Passage
Slave ShipsSlave Ships
Condition of Slave life in the New WorldCondition of Slave life in the New World
• Workday – 18 hours or more• Everyone had an assigned task – Labor was
organized by age, sex, and ability• Received rewards for good work – best reward was
to escape punishment• Punishments – whipping, flogging, confinement in
irons, mutilation• Little time for recreation – singing• No education• Life expectancy – 23 yrs. for males; 25 yrs. for
females – greatest killer was disease
Slaves in the New World Conditions were much worse in Central America
Slaves in the New World Conditions were much worse in Central America
Early 1500s2000 slaves annually
1680: 10,000 slaves annually
End of 1700s: 100,000 slaves annuallyBy this time it was controlled by the British
Height of Slave TradeHeight of Slave Trade
1700s – 60,000 Africans a year – reached its height in 1780 with the European demand for sugar
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (1:00) The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (1:00)
What was life like for slaves?
The Middle Passage and Slaves in the Colonies (2:25)
The Middle Passage and Slaves in the Colonies (2:25)
What was life like for slaves?
The Slave Trade in the Colonies (3:19)The Slave Trade in the Colonies (3:19)
What was life like for slaves?
Life on the Plantation for Slaves (2:02)Life on the Plantation for Slaves (2:02)
What was life like for slaves on the plantation?
Exit TicketExit Ticket
Locate the region where life centered around large tobacco and rice plantations.
A. The New England Colonies B. The Middle Colonies C. The Southern Colonies D. The Western Colonies
Chapter 4, Section 3
Section 3 AssessmentSection 3 Assessment
The Southern Colonies were especially known fora) shipbuilding.b) fishing and whaling.c) iron.d) rice and tobacco.
One reason why the slave trade grew was thata) plantations needed large numbers of workers.b) so many slaves died during the voyage.c) colonists were defying the Quakers who spoke out against it.d) sparsely populated colonies like Georgia needed more people.
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Chapter 4, Section 3
Section 3 AssessmentSection 3 Assessment
The Southern Colonies were especially known fora) shipbuilding.b) fishing and whaling.c) iron.d) rice and tobacco.
One reason why the slave trade grew was thata) plantations needed large numbers of workers.b) so many slaves died during the voyage.c) colonists were defying the Quakers who spoke out against it.d) sparsely populated colonies like Georgia needed more people.
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