Review the Southern Colonies

This English man established the colony of Georgia.

• Sir Calvert, Lord of Baltimore

• John Smith

• James Oglethorpe

• Peter Minuit

This Englishman established the first permanent English settlement in North America.

• John White

• John Smith

• John Winthrope

• John Calvert

Sir Calvert, the Lord of Baltimore is credited with being the founder of this colony.

• Virginia

• North Carolina

• Georgia

• Maryland

This colony was home to a very famous pirate, Blackbeard, who pillaged ships off the coast.

• South Carolina

• Maryland

• North Carolina

• Virginia

This plant is used to make a blue dye that was very popular in Europe.

• Cobalt

• Indigo

• Lavender

• Blue bells

Most people settled in the Southern Colonies to...

• become rich landowners and farm

• escape the slave trade

• join the shipping industry

• escape religious persecution

The large farms in the Southern Colonies were called...

• ranches

• homesteads

• plantations

• granges

Which of the following were considered to be cash crops?

• corn

• indigo

• cotton

• rice

• tobacco

The colony of Virginia was founded by which of the following men?

• William Bradford

• John White

• John Smith

• John Winthrop

The large farms in the Southern Colonies took a lot of workers to take care of them. How did the colonists provide for the amount of workers needed?

• They hired more and more men

• They developed irrigation systems, and machinery.

• slaves

• indentured servents