Southern Colonies

Place the colonies in order from Northern-most to Southern-most, based on the map

• North Carolina

• Maryland

• Virginia

• Georgia

• South Carolina

Who were the people that make up the people of the Southern Colonies? Click ALL.

• Farmers

• Landowners and plantation owners

• Slaves

• Indentured Servants

An English settlement founded in the colony of Virginia in 1607 by the Virginia Company of London

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• Roanoke

• Chesapeake Bay

What do you call the large farms made to grow these crops?

• Plantations

• Sharecroppers

• Ports

• Harbors

What is indigo used for?

• as a food to eat

• as a medicine

• to make a blue dye

• to fertilize plants

Which of the colonies below was NOT a part of the Southern Colonies?

• Maryland

• Virginia

• Georgia

• Delware

• South Carolina

Why did plantation owners buy slaves?

• There weren't enough white settlers to work

• There were too many people who didn't want to work

• There were no settlers to work

• The Indians did not want to help them

What was NOT a resource for the Southern Colonies?

• sugar cane

• cotton

• rice

• fishing

Counties were basic units, they had sheriffs and Justices of the peace who where appointed by the....

• Governor

• President

• City Mayors

• Popular election

Planters sons received education from...

• Public Schools

• Tutors

• Sunday School

• Universities