Southern Colonies

The economy of the Southern colonies was based on?

• Plantations, cash crops

• Grains, "The Bread Basket"

• Ship building, fishing, and metal products

• Pro football

Rice and Indigo (blue dye) plantations were very common in which colony?

• South Carolina

• Georgia

• Virginia

• Maryland

What year was the colony of Jamestown, Virginia founded?

• 1900

• 1607

• 1803

• 1774

Who gave a group of men permission to make Jamestown?

• King James
• LeBron James
• Norehyona Austin

• King Ferdinand 

The summoning of Virginia's House of Burgesses marked an important precedent because it

• failed

• was abolished by King James I

• was the first of many miniature parliaments to convene in America

• forced King James I to revoke the colony's royal charter and grant it self-government

Which city is the center of trade near a river and the coast, it was founded by James Oglethorpe?

• Atanta
  Atlanta
• Darien
• New Ebenezer
• Savannah

The first permanent British settlement in Georgia was built at

• St. Augustine

• Jamestown

• Savannah

• Atlanta

Which popular cash crop was invented in the southern colonies by grinding up a flowering plant?

• sugar cane
• indigo

• cotton
• rice

In 1611, John Rolfe brought what crop to cultivation to Virginia, then later It became Virginia's cash crop?

• Wheat
• Tobacco
• Potatoes
• Corn

Which group helped establish the colony of Maryland in the 1630s?

• English Catholics seeking religious freedom

• Spanish workers seeking job opportunities

• Irish families escaping a natural disaster

• Russian merchants escaping political conflict