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Maryland
• Founded by Lord Baltimore for Catholics
• Act of Toleration- document that gave religious freedom to all Christians
Virginia
• Settled by the English• Bacon’s Rebellion-
Nathaniel Bacon and his followers raided Indian villages
• This showed that settlers were determined to push into Indian lands.
Carolinas
• Split because of differences into North and South
• North Carolina had small farms
• South Carolina had large plantations
• rice was a major crop for both colonies
Georgia
• Founded by General James Oglethorpe
• For debtors from England
• A debtor is a person who owes money
Middle Passage
• Most southern colonies had slavery
• The Middle Passage is the voyage of Africans to the colonies
• Slaves had to endure very poor conditions on the voyage
Questions to answer
• Who founded Maryland?
• For what people was Maryland established?
• What was the Act of Toleration?
• What was the major difference between North and South Carolina?
• What crop do they both produce?
More Questions
• Who was Georgia founded for?
• What was Bacon’s Rebellion?
• What was the Middle Passage?
• What were slave codes?
• Why do you think slave owners wanted slave codes?
• Does might make right?