The Southern Colonies developed as the demand for workers grew to clear land, construct homes and buildings, plant crops, and tend fields. Indentured servants and prisoners were shipped to the colonies to help fill this demand and earn their freedom. Maryland was founded by Cecilius Calvert to establish a safe place for Catholics. It was named for the English Queen and tobacco became a major crop, though farmers were also required to grow corn and raise livestock. Baltimore later became Maryland's largest city and port.

1. Southern Colonies Chapter 3, Section 4 *1660- Tobacco prices fell and Plantations prospered *Establishing colonies took a lot of work: clear land, construct homes, churches, plant crops, and tend to the fields. *Because of this the demand for capable workers grew *English criminals and Scottish and Irish prisoners of war also shipped to colonies (Earn release for working for a period of time) *Many people came to the colonies as Indentured servants: People who would pay for their passage to America by working seven years for a person *Maryland started as a dream by Sir George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, a catholic Calvert-to establish a safe place for his fellow Christians *1632- Dream of colony cam true; King Charles I (Got land North of Virginia) *Calvert died before receiving the grant so his son, Cecilius Calvert inherited the colony and named it Maryland after English Queen, Henrietta Maria, or after the Virgin Mary *1634-Young Calvert sent two of his brothers, instead of himself, to the colony to maintain it; (Sailing up through the Potomac River) once they arrived in the new colony the first started tobacco harvesting * Every tobacco farmer had to also have 2 acres of corn ; also fruit, wheat, and livestock *1729 Baltimore was founded as Maryland’s port (largest settlement) *Come to Baltimore 100 for males, 100 for wife, 100 for each servant, and 50 for each child The Southern Colonies: Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland