Southern+Colonies+2010

= Southern Colonies =

I. Leaders
S.K. Leaders for Virginia are John Smith, Christopher Newport and Patrick Henry. Lord Baltimore was the first of the many leaders in Maryland history. George Fox was the founder of the Society of Friends, A.K.A the Quakers.

II. What reasons
S.K. Made the Colony of Viginia to make first successful colony. Named that becouse of their Virgin queen.

III. What was grown/Occupations
Maryland people mainly grew tabacco In the southern coasts of South Carolina there were several rice plantations Rice plantations in South Carolina depended on inslaved workers.

IV. What was made/Occupations
V. Natural resources/geography Maryland people made ships/farmed 

VI. Problems and difficulties
S.K. Problems for the Virginia Clony was that the landscape didn't provide food, farming area and animals to eat like buffalo. The swampy land in South Carolina made it hard for settlers.

A. Clothing
Native Americans used deerskin as clothing.

B. Education
Maryland kids were taught latin in grammer school and were taught to read and write by their parents

C. Government
S.K. In Virginia, they had a voting group called the House of Burgeress. George Fox was the founder of the Society of Friends, A.K.A Quakers.

IX. Slavery
N.M. The slaves were indentured African American slaves or captives, because they were treated poorly, most ran away. But some were treated normally and stayed. They were given work of harvesting and growing crops. By 1750, over 250,000 people had moved to English colonies and were forced to work as slaves. Spanish Explorers inslaved and mistreated the Native Americans they met in America.

X. Interesting other tidbits Blackbeard sheltered in Georgia Georgia colonists thought baths made people sick Georgia founded in 1732 old line came from when 400 maryland troops holded off 10000 british troops so that George Washington could escape.