The Southern Colonies & Jamestown

Prosperity in the Southern Colonies depended heavily on

• Indigo Dye

• Cattle and Lumber

• Enslaved Labor

• Good Harbors and Strong Forts

Why were large farms and plantations more common in the Southern Colonies than in the New England Colonies?

• The rocky soil and cold weather helped cash crops grow in the Southern Colonies

• The New England Colonies were far from the coast and could not ship crops overseas

• The Southern Colonies' rich soil was better for growing cash crops such as cotton

• The weather was too rainy for crops to grow well in the New England Colonies

Georgia was created for two main purposes. What were those purposes?

• Colony for Democratic freedom

• Buffer Colony

• Colony for Religious Freedom

• Debtor Colony

In Southern Colonial government, the representatives of the people were called

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• House of Cards

• Governors' Council

• Colonial governors

The Colony of ____________ was a refuge for ___________ seeking freedom.

• Virginia, Puritans

• Virginia, Catholics

• Maryland, Catholics

• Maryland, Puritans

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia were known as the ____________ Colonies

• Southern

• Lost

• New England

• Middle

Which colonies make up the southern colonies?

• Virginia, Maryland, North & South Carolina, and Georgia

• Virginia, North & South Carolina, and Georgia

• North & South Carolina, Georgia, and Maryland

• Virginia, North & South Carolina, Delaware, and Georgia

A document giving permission to a person or group to do something is called a

• Discrimination

• Cash Crop

• Charter

• Legislation

The joint stock company that started the settlement of Jamestown was called the

• Charter

• House of Burgesses

• Jamestown

• Virginia Company

The economy of the Southern Colonies was based primarily on what industry?

• Mining

• Lumber

• Agriculture

• Fishing