The Southern Colonies

Proprietor of Maryland who took over after his father, George Calvert, died

• Jeremiah Dixon
• Lord Baltimore
• James Oglethorpe
• Charles I

Founded Georgia as a place for protection of debtors

• Lord Baltimore
• James Oglethorpe
• Charles Mason
• Nathaniel Bacon

Led rebel settlers who attacked and burned Jamestown

• Charles I
• Charles Mason
• Nathaniel Bacon
• Lord Baltimore

A flat, swampy lowland called the _______ stretches out along the southern coast.

• Tidewater Region
• Piedmont
• Appalachian
• Atlantic Ocean

Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon were hired in the 1760's to settle a _________ dispute between Maryland and Pennsylvania

• fish

• food

• battle

• boundary

George Calvert wanted Maryland to be a colony where __________ could live safely.

• Jewish People
• Catholics
• Muslims
• Quakers

Because Georgia's founders wanted a colony of small farms rather than large plantations, they originally banned ___________.

• Books
• Boats
• Slaves
• Farms

Under British law in the 1700's, people who owed money could be ____________.

• Killed
• Put in prison
• Sent to Antarctica
• Locked in a closet

Which part of Carolina grew slowly and had no harbors or rivers?

• Northern Carolina
• Southern Carolina

Which part of Carolina grew quickly and had a lot of sugar and rice plantations?

• Northern Carolina
• Southern Carolina