The Southern Colonies consisted of large tobacco and rice plantations along the coast, in contrast to the backcountry settlements of hunters and farmers. The Mason-Dixon Line divided the Middle Colonies from the Southern Colonies. Maryland was founded by Cecil Calvert and provided religious freedom for Christians. Virginia's main crop was tobacco and Bacon's Rebellion was led by Nathaniel Bacon. North and South Carolina's northern settlers had small tobacco farms while southern settlers were English nobles. Cash crops included cotton, tobacco, rice and indigo. By 1700, slaves made up the majority of populations in Georgia and South Carolina.

1. Ch 4, Sec 3: The Southern Colonies MAIN IDEA : The large tobacco and rice plantations of the tidewater region contrasted with the settlements of the hunters and farmers of the back country.

2. Maryland Mason-Dixon Line: Divides the Middle Colonies from the Southern Colonies Founded by: Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore Named after: Queen Henrietta Maria, the King’s wife

3. Maryland Safe place for: Catholics: With the: Act of Toleration Provided religious freedom for all Christians Main crop was cotton

4. Virginia Virginia Crop: Tobacco Bacon’s Rebellion was led by: Nathaniel Bacon Because:

5. North and South Carolina Most Northern settlers were: Poor tobacco farmers Had ____ farms: Small Southern settlers were: The eight English nobles

6. North and South Carolina Crops of Carolina: Rice in North Indigo in South Lumber in North

7. Georgia Founded by: James Oglethorpe Founded as a place where ____ could live: Debtors: People who owed money they could not pay back Prison colony and a buffer from Spanish Main crop was rice

8. Cash Crops of the Southern Colonies Cotton Tobacco Rice Indigo

9. Growth of Slavery and the Slave Trade By 1700, _____ made up the majority of the population in GA and SC Slaves During the: Middle Passage _____% of Africans died 10

10. Growth of Slavery and the Slave Trade Slave Codes: Treated enslaved Africans not as human beings but as property Racism The belief that one race is superior to another