Section 3-4

Southern Colonies

Wanted a safe place for fellow Catholics, who were being persecuted in England; son Cecilius inherited the colony and named it Maryland (MD)

Sir George Calvert, Lord Baltimore

Resented a pledge by VA’s leader to stay out of Native American territory; led attacks on Native American villages and marched toward Jamestown with intent of taking over colonial gov’t

Nathaniel Bacon

Founded colony of GA as a refuge for English debtors England (J.O. and settlers) built

town of Savannah, GA as a barrier to further Spanish expansion

James Oglethorpe

1.True2.False. The Mason-Dixon line

established the boundary between MD an PA (used today to define the “border” between northern and southern states)

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Mason-Dixon Line

Mason Dixon Line

3. False. Nathaniel Bacon rebelled against Wm. Berkeley’s pledge to keep settlers from moving into Native American territory.

3. Bacon’s Rebellion showed that settlers wouldn’t be limited to the coast. The colonial gov’t set up a militia to ctrl Natives and opened more land for settlement.

4. True.5. False. The last British colony to set

up in Amer was GA.

Southern Colonies

6. False. In GA, forts and the town of Savannah were built as a barrier against Spanish expansion

7. False. Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle, followed the MS River to the Gulf of Mexico and claimed the region for France (including present day LA).

8. True.9. True.

Southern Colonies

Essential Question:How and why did the Southern Colonies grow?

*French had better relations with the Natives than the English did. Trappers and missionaries traveled onto Native land, lived with, learned Native customs, and respected their ways. French colonies grew so slowly Natives were not pushed off their land.

Southern Colonies

Essential Question:How and why did the Southern Colonies grow?MD: established s a safe place for Catholics; enslaved Africans and indentured servants brought to work on plantations

VA: settlers pushed west in Native lands; Bacon led rebellion to open more lands for settlement

Southern Colonies

Essential Question:How and why did the Southern Colonies grow?

Carolinas: was a proprietary colony, but later split into 2 royal colonies; produced tobacco, timber, tar, rice, and indigo

GA: began as a place for debtors and other poor; was a barrier against Sp expansion; slow growth led its proprietor to return colony to king