Settling the South

• Maryland• Virginia• North Carolina• South Carolina• Georgia

REASONS FOR SETTLING

• Maryland – founded by Calverts–Make money–Refuge for

Catholics–Grew tobacco

(like Virginia

Carolinas

• More land

• Divided into north and south

Rice

Georgia founded by Oglethorpe

• People who owed money settled land to start new life

•Eventually plantations and slavery supported economy

Some settled backcountry

CONFLICTS:

• Tuscarora War – push away settlers

• Settlers kept moving onto Indian land

Many Indians died or moved

Life in the South

SLAVERY

• Many slaves worked on plantations• Treatment depended on owners• Preserved culture through stories and

songs

PLANTATION AND FARM LIFE:

• Plantations:

– Could be like small villages

– Field and house slaves

– Plantations were spaced far apart

Farms

• Most people lived on farms

• Did not usually own slaves

FREE AFRICANS

• Some escaped and some bought their freedom

Quilt story – underground railroad quilt blocks

Indians and Spanish Florida helped escaped slaves

The Southern Economy

CASH CROPS

• Tobacco – needed a lot of land

Rice – needed warm, wet land

Indigo – needed dry land

TRADE AND INDUSTRIES

• Plantations – important part of Southern Colonies economy

• Trade between England and West Indies

• Cities and plantations near ports or deep rivers were most successful

OTHER INDUSTRIES:

•Fur

• Forest Products

•Shipbuilding

Now that you’ve learned about the beginnings of the 13 colonies, watch a video:

Brain Pop: 13 Colonies