Ch. 6 L. 3 - The Southern Colonies

a large farm on which crops are raised by workers who live on the farm

• plantation

• legislature

• refuge

• debtor

a group of people with the power to make and change laws

• plantation

• legislature

• refuge

• debtor

a safe place

• plantation

• legislature

• refuge

• debtor

a person who owes money

• plantation

• legislature

• refuge

• debtor

Colonists first came to Virginia in 1607 to look for

• gold

• spices

• cash crops

• new types of plants

Most workers on plantations were: Select all that apply.

• enslaved Africans

• indentured servants

• white property owners

• Native Americans

To be able to vote or be elected to the House of Burgesses, you needed the following requirement(s):

• to be a white person

• to be a white man

• to own property

• to be Christian

Which group of people did Cecilius Calvert, known as Lord Baltimore, want to give a safe place to live?

• Catholics

• Anglicans

• Protestants

• enslaved Africans

The Toleration Act said that:

• All Christians could worship freely.

• All white men and women could worship freely.

• All poor people and debtors could get a fresh start.

• All people can practice any religion.

Who was King Charles II trying to stop from starting new colonies and settlements? Select all that apply.

• Spain

• French

• England

• Germany