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| was granted a charter allowing settlement of the Chesapeake Bay region |
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| became the first permanent English colony in North America |
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| Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia |
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| by the 1730s the English had settled the remaining colonies in the south |
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| Maryland was founded by this family of wealthy landowners; they wanted to build a colony that made money and was a refuge for Catholics |
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| this religious group was like the Quakers in England; they could not worship as they wanted |
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| George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore |
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| a member of the Virginia Company; he bought a large amount of land on the island of Newfoundland, but he thought it was too cold |
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| in 1628 Lord and Lady Baltimore(Calvert) found a site where the climate was mild and the soil was rich |
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| signed the final colonial charter two months after George Calvert died in 1632 |
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| given a grant by King Charles I; named the new colony Maryland |
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| Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I |
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| Maryland was named in honor of her |
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| Saint Mary's/Saint Mary's city |
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| in 1633 Cecilius Calvert's first group of colonists left England and established this city |
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| appointed by his brother to be governor of Maryland |
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| planned ahead to prevent the Maryland colonists from starving |
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| was nearby in case a new settlement needed supplies or help |
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| large pieces of land that colonists use to start these |
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| a person agreed to work for another person without pay for a certain length of time in exchange for passage to North America |
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| when men were done with their time of service in Maryland, they were granted this |
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| Colonial leaders also gave freed indentured servants these things... |
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| 50 acres of land, a suit of clothes, an axe, two hoes, and three barrels of corn |
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| in 1649 a group that made laws for the colony and passed the Toleration Act |
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| the first law in North America to allow all Christians to worship as they pleased |
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| the land between Virginia and Spanish Florida divided among eight English nobles known as the Lords Proprietors |
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| came from France and were forced to leave their country by the French King because of their different religious beliefs |
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| set up a government for the colony and wrote a constitution or written plan for the colony |
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| Fundamental Constitution of Carolina |
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| allowed for colonists to make some laws for themselves, but it kept most of the authority in the hands of the king of England |
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| once the colonists found how to raise and husk this--they prospered with this crop |
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| colonists also had success in raising what? |
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| cattle and trapping animals |
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| the colonists also opened and produced these |
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| the main crop on South Carolina's plantations |
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| a blue dye used in the cloth making process common in the 1700s |
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| the 17 year old daughter of a plantation owner experimented with indigo |
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| CharlesT Town or Charleston |
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| became the most important sea port, social center and slave market in the Southern Colonies |
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| an English general and lawmaker; he was given a right to settle the region between the Savannah and Altamaha Rivers for 21 years |
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| in 1732 was claimed by Spain, France, and England |
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| people who were in prison for owing money |
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| Savannah near the Savannah River |
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| Oglethorpe and 100 settlers established a colony here |
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| forbade trading with Native Americans; did not allow slave traders; kept Savannah small |
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| control of this colony passed from Oglethorpe back to the king in 1752 making it a royal colony |
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| by 1730 had become the largest English colony in North America |
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| this improved throughout the Virginia Colony and made travel easier |
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| Virginia General Assembly |
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| made up of Virginia's governor, the governor's council, and the members of the house of burgess |
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| capital of Virginia in 1699; first theater was here and first printing press and newspaper |
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| started in Virginia in 1736 in Williamsburg as first newspaper |
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| low lying land along the coast where early plantations were built; waterways made it easy for boats to get crops to market |
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| to trade; colonists bartered crops for goods such as shoes, lace, thread, farm, tools and dishes |
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| a person who is paid to buy or sell for someone else; the broker sold the crops in England |
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| ruined the fertile soil in a few years and plantation owners had to move |
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| sometimes sent indentured servants as punishment for their crimes |
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| public sale; sometimes slaves were sold like property |
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| worked hard in the fields |
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| had more contact with the planter and the planter's family |
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| watched the slaves in the fields as they worked and punished them if they did not work hard |
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| religious songs based on Bible stories |
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| were only supposed to learn basic skills and "to read and sew with their needle." |
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| were responsible for taking care of all of the people on the plantation |
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| doing a job to help the community or society as a whole |
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| jobs of a planter for public service |
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| serving as a judge, representative, or adviser to the governor |
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