Southern Colonies

Which of the following crops were primarily grown on large plantations in the Southern Colonies?

• Wheat and barley

• Tobacco and cotton

• Corn and potatoes

• Oats and rye

Which English Catholic sought to establish a safe haven for Catholics in the New World, leading to the founding of Maryland?

• King Charles I

• James Oglethorpe

• Lord Baltimore

• William Penn

What was the name of the boundary line established in the mid-1700s to resolve a dispute between Maryland and Pennsylvania?

• The Colonial Divide

• The Great Line

• The Mason-Dixon Line

• The Calvert-Penn Border

What was one of the primary reasons for the establishment of the Georgia colony?

• To grow a new type of cash crop

• To serve as a buffer against Spanish Florida

• To provide a new market for English goods

• To establish a new religious freedom for Puritans