The Southern Colonies

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Which of the following was not a SOUTHERN colony? Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Massachusetts

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Massachusetts

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What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

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Jamestown

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What did the economy of the Southern Colonies depend on? Options: Whaling, Trade, Growing staple crops, Growing cash crops

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Growing cash crops

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True or False: The Southern Colonies used so many slaves because the cash crops they grew required a lot of hard labor.

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True

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How were the farming conditions in the Southern colonies?

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Warm climate and rich soil

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Workers that reached America by working for free for other people who paid for their journeys

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Indentured Servants

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Uprising led by Nathaniel Bacon against high taxes that resulted in more slavery and Jamestown being burnt down.

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Bacon's Rebellion

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Laws used to control slaves were called

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Slave codes

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Which of the following is NOT a Southern Colony: Georgia, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky?

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Kentucky

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Colony used to act as a buffer between Spanish Florida and the other English Colonies. Originally settled by debtors, people that were in jail for excessive debts.

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Georgia