People in the South (p.114-119) PDF

​People in the South (p. 114 - 119) I. Trouble in Jamestown What were three problems early settlers in Jamestown faced? 1. Many settlers died 2. People wasted their time looking for gold 3. The...

​People in the South (p. 114 - 119) I. Trouble in Jamestown What were three problems early settlers in Jamestown faced? 1. Many settlers died 2. People wasted their time looking for gold 3. There was conflict with Native Americans Smith took control. He John __________ Things changed in 1608 when Captain __________ ethic to the colony. work _________ brought a new ________ onlypeople who worked would What was John Smith’s new rule? ______________________________________ get food Smith also met with ________________, Powhatan chief of the Algonquians, and improved relations with the tribe. There were still problems; many settlers were weakened by a disease called food malaria and they ran out of ________. ____________ II. An Important Crop John ___________ In 1612, ___________ Rolfe made an important discovery: he learned tobacco would grow in Virginia. that _____________ Settlers began to grow tobacco and ___________ it to Europe. export Although not everyone liked tobacco (including King James I), it became an important _______ cash _______ for the colony. crop III. A Need for Workers To grow tobacco, settlers needed lots of __________ land and __________. workers They failed to get Native Americans as laborers, so they tried using _____________ indentured _____________. Servants IV. The Slave Trade Africans Unlike indentured servants who volunteered to come to America, ____________ were brought here against their will. Middle __________. The voyage from Africa to the colonies was called the __________ Passage Slave Any baby born to an enslaved woman automatically became a ___________. V. Maryland and the Carolinas In Maryland, settlers learned from Virginia’s mistakes: o They planted food crops o They developed good relationships with Native Americans tobacco In Carolina, settlers wanted land and workers because they grew ___________ rice and _________. North Carolina and _________ In 1729, the colony was split into _________ South Carolina. VI. The Georgia Colony Georgia was the _________ last English colony to be established in America. It grew much more ___________ than the other colonies. One reason was that it slowly hot for Europeans. was too ______ Before colonists arrived, Georgia was used as a __________ buffer _________ Zone for Native Americans (meaning it was a safe place for them). VII. Plantations and Farms Most farms in the south were small, but some planters set up some very large farms called __________________. plantations Often on a plantation, only one main ______ would be grown. crop People in the Southern Colonies lived more _______________ isolated lives than people in the New England Colonies. Since many southerners lived on farms or plantations, they had few ___________________. neighbors towns which meant a lack of Southern Colonies didn’t have many ___________, churches and schools.  Vocabulary to ship product to another country to sell it 1. export – a there 2. cash crop – something that is grown for a profit her services for a person who sold his or 3. indentured servants – a certain period of time in exchange for free passage to America 4. buffer zone – an area of safety between people in conflict 5. plantation - a large farm where one main crop is grown