FARMING COLONIES: MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA

CURVING COASTLINE WITH BAYS AND HARBORS

COASTAL PLAINS AND PIEDMONT

HOT, HUMID SUMMERS.

LONG GROWING SEASON. HIGH PRECIPITATION

KING-APPOINTED GOVERNORS. ELECTED ASSEMBLIES. MOST POWER BELONGED TO KING.

CAROLINA HAD A WRITTEN CONSTITUTION

FREE WHITE MALES COULD CHOOSE LEADERS AND LAWS

MANY LIVED ON PLANTATIONS. SLAVERY WAS USED ON THESE LARGE FARMS.

MOST PEOPLE LIVED ON SMALL FARMS.

CHILDREN LEARNED AT HOME. SLAVES WERE FORBIDDEN TO LEARN.

PLANTATIONS PRODUCED HIGH QUANTITY CROPS. THERE WERE ALSO SMALL FARMS.

CROPS: RICE, INDIGO AND COTTON. SLAVES DID THE HARD LABOR.

RICH SOIL, INDIGO, TOBACCO, RICE AND COTTON

VERY FEW CITIES AND TOWNS. MOST HAD SMALL FARMS.