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Colonies needed people to grow & prosper.
Settler come voluntarily.
Others came because they were prisoners - "His ______________ passengers" slaves from ______________; ____________________: laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America
- Majesty's

- Africa

- Indentured servants
_______________ colony in 1632.
- Proprietary
King Charles I gave ____________. Lord Baltimore (catholic) the colony.
- Calvert's
Established to create a safe place for ____________.
- catholics
Farmers produced a variety of crop & livestock so ______________ grew along with the number of slaves and servants.
- plantation
________________ (port city) was the colony's largest settlement
- Baltimore
Powerful wealthy landowners.
Establishing Maryland
Boundary dispute between Maryland & Pennsylvania -_____________ (British astronomers) hired to define lines & establish boundaries.
- Calvert
Act of _______________ - 1649
- granted Protestants & Catholics the right to worship freely
- 1692- the colony''s Protestant majority repealed the act.
- Toleration
Governor ____________ sent explorers inland to open up the backcountry
- William Berkeley
To avoid conflict with _______________, Berkeley agreed to keep settlers from pushing inland.
-
Virginia Expands
Bacon's Rebellion
______________- western settler who opposed colonial government
- Nathaniel Bacon
Led attacks on N.A. villages, set fire to capital, march into _______________ and drove Berkeley into exile.
- Jamestown
Bacon died & England sent troops to restore order.
Settling the Carolinas
Showed colonist wanted to move________________.
- Bacon Rebellion
a large proprietary colony
1680 settlers founded Charleston (port city)
Carolina means "______________"
- Charles Land
________________, English philosopher wrote their constitution
- a plan of _____________
- the plan did not work
- John Locke
- government
- colony separated into North & South due to tensions between wealthy _____________ and small farmer in the ______________.
- southerners
- North
North Carolina
- did not have a good harbor
- farmers grew __________ & sold forest products
- tobacco
South Carolina
more prosperous: fertile farmland & good harbor in _______________
- Charles town
Crops:
_____________: leading crop in the wet coastal lowlands
_____________: blue flowering plant used to dye textile & know as "blue gold of Carolina"
- rice
- indigo
North Carolina
- did not have a good harbor
- farmers grew __________ & sold forest products
- tobacco
Most S.C. settlers came from ________________ (English colony in West Indies) in addition, brought slaves to help work in rice field
- 1708: half of S.C. people were slaves
- Barbados
South Carolina
more prosperous: fertile farmland & good harbor in _______________
- Charles town
Georgia
France
- colony separated into North & South due to tensions between wealthy _____________ and small farmer in the ______________.
- southerners
- North
- founded by _______________ in 1733
- english debtor (thosewho were unable to pay debts) and poor people could make a fresh start
- British Colonies
- colony was used as a ________________ barrier to protect other British colonies from Spanish attack (Spanish Florida)
- military
- colony was used as a ________________ barrier to protect other British colonies from Spanish attack (Spanish Florida)
- military
Most S.C. settlers came from ________________ (English colony in West Indies) in addition, brought slaves to help work in rice field
- 1708: half of S.C. people were slaves
- Barbados
North Carolina
- did not have a good harbor
- farmers grew __________ & sold forest products
- tobacco
Oglethorpe's Town
- built town of ____________
- small farms and banned slavery, Catholics & rum
- Savannah
South Carolina
more prosperous: fertile farmland & good harbor in _______________
- Charles town
The Colony Changes
- frustrated colonist so he allowed slavery & rum
- 1751- colony turned back over to the ____________.
- king
- founded by _______________ in 1733
- english debtor (thosewho were unable to pay debts) and poor people could make a fresh start
- British Colonies
- colony separated into North & South due to tensions between wealthy _____________ and small farmer in the ______________.
- southerners
- North
- colony was used as a ________________ barrier to protect other British colonies from Spanish attack (Spanish Florida)
- military
Crops:
_____________: leading crop in the wet coastal lowlands
_____________: blue flowering plant used to dye textile & know as "blue gold of Carolina"
- rice
- indigo
- colony separated into North & South due to tensions between wealthy _____________ and small farmer in the ______________.
- southerners
- North
- colony separated into North & South due to tensions between wealthy _____________ and small farmer in the ______________.
- southerners
- North
Most S.C. settlers came from ________________ (English colony in West Indies) in addition, brought slaves to help work in rice field
- 1708: half of S.C. people were slaves
- Barbados
North Carolina
- did not have a good harbor
- farmers grew __________ & sold forest products
- tobacco
Oglethorpe's Town
- built town of ____________
- small farms and banned slavery, Catholics & rum
- Savannah
North Carolina
- did not have a good harbor
- farmers grew __________ & sold forest products
- tobacco
North Carolina
- did not have a good harbor
- farmers grew __________ & sold forest products
- tobacco
South Carolina
more prosperous: fertile farmland & good harbor in _______________
- Charles town
Georgia
France
The Colony Changes
- frustrated colonist so he allowed slavery & rum
- 1751- colony turned back over to the ____________.
- king
South Carolina
more prosperous: fertile farmland & good harbor in _______________
- Charles town
South Carolina
more prosperous: fertile farmland & good harbor in _______________
- Charles town
Crops:
_____________: leading crop in the wet coastal lowlands
_____________: blue flowering plant used to dye textile & know as "blue gold of Carolina"
- rice
- indigo
- founded by _______________ in 1733
- english debtor (thosewho were unable to pay debts) and poor people could make a fresh start
- British Colonies
Crops:
_____________: leading crop in the wet coastal lowlands
_____________: blue flowering plant used to dye textile & know as "blue gold of Carolina"
- rice
- indigo
Crops:
_____________: leading crop in the wet coastal lowlands
_____________: blue flowering plant used to dye textile & know as "blue gold of Carolina"
- rice
- indigo
- colony was used as a ________________ barrier to protect other British colonies from Spanish attack (Spanish Florida)
- military
Most S.C. settlers came from ________________ (English colony in West Indies) in addition, brought slaves to help work in rice field
- 1708: half of S.C. people were slaves
- Barbados
Most S.C. settlers came from ________________ (English colony in West Indies) in addition, brought slaves to help work in rice field
- 1708: half of S.C. people were slaves
- Barbados
Most S.C. settlers came from ________________ (English colony in West Indies) in addition, brought slaves to help work in rice field
- 1708: half of S.C. people were slaves
- Barbados
Georgia
France
Oglethorpe's Town
- built town of ____________
- small farms and banned slavery, Catholics & rum
- Savannah
Georgia
France
Georgia
France
- founded by _______________ in 1733
- english debtor (thosewho were unable to pay debts) and poor people could make a fresh start
- British Colonies
- founded by _______________ in 1733
- english debtor (thosewho were unable to pay debts) and poor people could make a fresh start
- British Colonies
- founded by _______________ in 1733
- english debtor (thosewho were unable to pay debts) and poor people could make a fresh start
- British Colonies
The Colony Changes
- frustrated colonist so he allowed slavery & rum
- 1751- colony turned back over to the ____________.
- king
- colony was used as a ________________ barrier to protect other British colonies from Spanish attack (Spanish Florida)
- military
- colony was used as a ________________ barrier to protect other British colonies from Spanish attack (Spanish Florida)
- military
- colony was used as a ________________ barrier to protect other British colonies from Spanish attack (Spanish Florida)
- military
Oglethorpe's Town
- built town of ____________
- small farms and banned slavery, Catholics & rum
- Savannah
Oglethorpe's Town
- built town of ____________
- small farms and banned slavery, Catholics & rum
- Savannah
Oglethorpe's Town
- built town of ____________
- small farms and banned slavery, Catholics & rum
- Savannah
The Colony Changes
- frustrated colonist so he allowed slavery & rum
- 1751- colony turned back over to the ____________.
- king
The Colony Changes
- frustrated colonist so he allowed slavery & rum
- 1751- colony turned back over to the ____________.
- king
The Colony Changes
- frustrated colonist so he allowed slavery & rum
- 1751- colony turned back over to the ____________.
- king
New France
French settlement grew slowly
- founded ___________ in 1608
- interested in fishing and fur trapping
- Quebec
Down the Mississippi (French explorations)
1) ______________ & ____________ explored Mississippi river looking for passage to Pacific Ocean
- Louis Joliet
- Jacques Marquette
LaSalle claimed region called ____________ for France.
1718- port of New Orleans founded
- Louisiana
Later years the French went west to Rocky Mt. & southwest to _______________.
- Rio Grande
Growth of New France
1) good relationship with Native Americans
2) _________________ farmers who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or crops
- tenant farmers
New Spain
A) Empire in Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America
B) Spain wanted to keep control in: New Mexico, ____________, Texas and _______________.
- Arizona
- California
Missions in California
1) ___________-religious settlements established to convert people to a particular faith (Catholicism)
2) ____________ founded mission in San Diego
3) El Camino Real (The ______ Highway) - site where missions grew into large cities in California
-Missions
- Junipero Serra
- Royal
European Conflicts in North America
1) Rivalries between ____________ & __________ resulted in fighting in the colonies in America
2) Affected their lands in America
- Britain
- Spain
Southern Colonies
- Maryland
- Virginia
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Georgia