Hist 2010 1st Edition Lecture 7Outline of Last LectureI. The Southern ColoniesA. The Failed Colony of Roanoke (1584 & 1587)B. Virginia 1606-1607Outline of Current LectureC. British CaribbeanD. Maryland(1632)E. Carolinas (1663)F. The Georgia Experiment (1723)Virginia and the Southern Colonies Lect #6… CONTINUED.C. British Caribbean1. Barbados, Jamaica, Bahamas Jewels of the British empirebecause of the economy there2. Economy Sugar cane is grown in the British Caribbean colonies3. Brutality of Slavery 7:1 black to white ratioD. Maryland (1632) *Important date Very much Virginia economy but different in its origin1. Proprietary Colony All the land encompassing Maryland was giving to the Calvert Family King Charles I is secretly Catholic 2. The Calvert Family Catholic family So King Charles I gave the land (Maryland) to the Calvert family as a flee from English religion Wanted to profit from the land as wellThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.3. Haven for Catholics Calvert intend for it to be a Haven for Catholics4. Religious Freedom Doing this to lure more settlers over to Maryland Here we see our nations values being built5. House of Delegates (1635) Attract settlers E. Carolinas (1663) Different origin than Maryland and Virginia1. Proprietary Colony2. Northern Region Plantation and tobacco farming taking root Free landHeadright SystemTarheels (NC Carolinians) Comes from pine trees Used for water proofing3. Southern RegionBarbados Original settlers in South Carolina are form BarbadosEconomy Rice production Reducing the wealth of the British empire than all the other coloniesSouth Carolina Est. 1729 1729: spilt Carolinas into North and South Main possession of the British F. The Georgia Experiment (1732)1. James Oglethorpe Humanitarian Member of parliament Military Officer 2. Haven for Worthy PoorGeorgia Oglethorpe and the board rule the colony and make sure their vision comes from Vision : free passage in England’s jails come to GA and granted 50 acres of land give them tools Goal: these Englishmen would become small farmers and develop hard workmanship Becomes royal colony and then they lift the restrictions Grew rice and large importation of slaves Allow elective assembly3. Regulations no one person could own more than 500 acres of
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