The Southern Colonies

1. The Southern Colonies The Birth of a new Nation

2. Pre-Settlement Before the Europeans came to America the location of the first thirteen colonies were populated by Native American Indians. These Natives formed into many groups in this area know as the Abenaki, Mohegan, Mohican, Narragansett, Nipmuc, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Pequot, Schaghticoke and the Wampanoag. There currency was called wompompeag which consisted of different colored shells. This currency would be exchanged for various goods a services amongst the various tribes.

3. Introduction of Slave Labour African slaves were transported to Spanish and Portuguese colonies in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central & South America, starting very early in the 16th century. With the spread of tobacco farming in the 1670's, and the diminishing number of people willing to sign-on as indentured servants in the 1680's, increasing numbers of slaves were brought in from Africa. African slaves replaced Native American slaves, who were found to be contagious of diseases to the European settlers.

4. The Cost and Journey Slavery was an attractive proposition to landowners in ‘America’. In 1638, the price of an African male was around $27.00. This was much cheaper in the long term for European laborers considering their pay was 70 cents a day. A slave had less value at the time than 40 days of labor by a European laborer. Both slave transportation, and slavery itself in the U.S. were brutal institutions. It was not unknown to have a 50% mortality rate during the passage from Africa. Slaves who were too ill to survive the trip were sometimes thrown overboard to drown

5. Virginia In 1624, Virginia was created as a royal colony that included the original Jamestown settlement. It was founded by the London Company which founded Virginia during the reign of James I (1566-1625). Jamestown was originally founded from a desire to gain wealth and to a lesser extent to convert the natives to Christianity. Virginia became a royal colony in 1624 when King James I revoked the charter of the bankrupt Virginia Company. He felt threatened by the representative assembly known as the House of Burgesses. His timely death in 1625 ended his plans of disbanding the assembly. The main people to acknowledge in this colony are: Captain John Smith, Pocahontas, Chief Powhatan, John Rolfe, Nathaniel Bacon.

6. Maryland Date founded: 1634, by lord Baltimore Named after Virgin Mary Export/crops. Tobacco Colony was founded for profit and a place for Catholics Major Industry: Manufacturing (shipbuilding, iron works), Agriculture (corn, wheat, rice, indigo) Major Cities: Baltimore, Annapolis Colony Named for: Queen Henrietta Maria of England Became a State: April 28, 1788

7. Carolina Founded In 1663 Founded By 8 Nobles sent my Charles II Divided into North and South Northern Carolina’s largest exports were tar, pitch, and turpentine. All of witch are naval products used for ship building South Carolina attracted more people however because it had a larger harbor

8. Georgia First to inhabit Georgia were Paleolithic and Woodland Indians. It was the last of the thirteen colonies to be established as colony Georgia was prosperous because of the growth of corn and tobacco Georgia was the only state completely controlled by the English during the American Revolution It became the fourth state after ratifying the United States Constitution on January 2nd 1778

9. Significant People 1578 Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh (half brother) tried to plant a permanent English colony in North America 1587 Raleigh sent 91 men, 17 women, and 9 children to Roanoke island near the cost of what is now North Carolina. He named the land Virginia in honor of the Virgin Queen Elizabeth I Effort to build a new colony failed due to the Spanish control of the Atlantic. There control delayed Raleigh’s attempts to re-supply the settlement until England overcame the Spanish Armada. When they returned to Roanoke island all the settlers were gone Only thing that was left was “CROATOAN” which is a name of an American group and a nearby Island.

10. Credits Put Together By - Matt Clark, Todd Isbsiter, Adam Spark, Greg Bourolias, Andrew Cairns, Omid Nazeri, Zeyadh Moosa