Chapter 4 Section 3

“The Southern Colonies”

-  In 1632, a man named ______ got a charter from the king to come to the new world. Before he could get going, he died. His son, Lord ______, took over the project.

-  He named to colony ______ after the King’s wife.

-  Lord Baltimore gave huge ______and even had an ______ in order to bring people to ______.

-  Lord Baltimore was worried that ______ people in Maryland were going to have their rights taken away by the ______. He asked the elected assembly to pass the ______. This gave every Christian the right to worship in any way they chose. ______ did not have the same rights.

-  Meanwhile, in Virginia, more and more people were arriving. Since most of the land on the coast was already taken, these new settlers had to move ______. That meant that they were taking over even more Native American land. Of course, these people were attacked over and over again. Settlers asked the Governor to take action against the ______, but he refused.

-  Settlers took matters into their own hands. A man named Nathaniel ______ led a revolt against the Indians. He and a group of angry settlers attacked Native villages against the orders of the Governor. They then were so angry that they went and burned down Virginia’s capital of ______. ______ suddenly died, and the mob broke up. ______ of Bacon’s followers were hanged. This is known as ______.

-  A group of eight English nobles received a land grant from the king, and they started the Colonies of North and South ______. The farmers in South Carolina found that ______ grew well there. They also discovered that ______ grew well there. Indigo is a ______ that made a very valuable ______ dye. These two crops required many people to farm it. These were the first two big ______ in the New World. This is when we see African ______ really start coming by the thousands.

-  James Oglethorpe is credited for creating the last of the thirteen colonies, ______. Oglethorpe set up the colony for ______ (people who could not pay what they owed others). He limited ______sizes and did not allow ______. The colony grew slowly. Oglethorpe later changed the rules to Allow Plantations and slavery. The colony grew quickly.

-  It was quickly found that ______ made you the most amount of money. Early rice, indigo, and tobacco plantations had between ____ and ______slaves. It made many ______ very wealthy.