THE SOUTHERN COLONIES

The Southern Colonies includes 5 of the 13 colonies: Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.

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VIRGINIA

• Created in 1607
• First permanent English colony in North America
• Houses included thatched roofs.
• Built around disease swamp and mosquitos

MARYLAND

• Founded in 1632
• Lord Baltimore was the proprietor.
• Made for catholics
• In an inn in Maryland, indentured servants and slaves worked there.

NORTH CAROLINA

• North Carolina's Roanoke Island was there where colonists dissapeared
• They best trades were tobacco, furs, and forest products.
• Founded 1584

SOUTH CAROLINA

• Created in 1663
• Small farms from the start
• Crops were rice and indigo
• First town was Charlston

GEORGIA

• Founded 1732
• Only colony developed in 1700's
• James Oglethrope was the founder
• Fort Frederica was made out of shells called tabby

Indigo

Indigo was used to dye clothes dark blue.Eliza Pickney experimented different indigos to create a faster growing indigo.

Southern Colonies

•Crops were rice tobacco and indigo

Slavery

•Slaves blended African and American religions and sang songs to pass time

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