Cash Crops of the Southern Colonies
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Which of the following was NOT a corporate colony in the Southern Colonies?

  • Maryland (correct)
  • North Carolina
  • Virginia
  • South Carolina
  • Which English colony was sponsored by the Virginia Company of London?

  • Virginia (correct)
  • Maryland
  • South Carolina
  • North Carolina
  • What did the settlers in Jamestown eventually cultivate as a cash crop?

  • Tobacco (correct)
  • Corn
  • Gold
  • Wheat
  • Which colony was established as a safe haven for Catholics to freely practice their faith?

    <p>Maryland</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which crop became a cash crop in Maryland, similar to Virginia?

    <p>Tobacco</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which colony prohibited the importation of enslaved people initially, but later changed the law to allow it?

    <p>Georgia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why were enslaved people less common in the Middle and New England colonies compared to the Southern Colonies?

    <p>Lack of enslaved people available for purchase</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which crop became the primary cash crop on the plantations of Maryland and Virginia?

    <p>Tobacco</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did plantation owners use as laborers before they started using enslaved people?

    <p>Indentured servants</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the condition of enslaved people on the plantations?

    <p>They were prisoners forced to work without pay</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which Native American confederacy dominated Eastern Virginia and Southern Maryland?

    <p>Powhatan</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which Native American nations got involved in the struggles between France, England, and Spain for control of the region in the late 1600s?

    <p>Iroquois and Algonquin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where was the first representative legislative body in colonial America created?

    <p>Jamestown</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who had the right to vote in the local elections to select burgesses for the House of Burgesses?

    <p>All adult landowners</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What led to the removal of Governor William Berkeley and the implementation of government reforms known as Bacon's Laws?

    <p>The revolt of white men without land</p> Signup and view all the answers

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