The Southern English Colonies are Established

1.      When and where was the first permanent English settlement made?

Jamestown, Chesapeake Bay, was the first permanent English settlement in America, established by The London Company in 1607.

2.      How did slavery start in Virginia? What year did it start?

1619, the Dutch ship, The White Lion, carrying twenty African slaves, landed in Virginia. The English need workers (as they were too lazy to do it themselves), and the Dutch needed supplies, so the Africans were traded to the English tobacco growers.

3.      Who founded Maryland?

George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore, founded Maryland, named in honour of King Charles I’s wife, Henrietta Maria.

4.      Why was Carolina divided into two colonies?

The people in the northern colony came mostly from Pennsylvanian and New England while the people in the southern colony were made up chiefly of English and French Protestants. The occupation of these two groups differed. Farming, weaving and lace-making were occupations of the north. Lumber, pitch and tar were their chief products. In general, small working class farmers owned the land. In the south, however, planters owned large estates and lived in comparative luxury. They delegated the care of their estates to an overseer. He, in turn, depended on slave to do the work. Rice and indigo dye were among the main products.

5.     (9) Why was Georgia founded?

Georgia was the last English colony to be settles. In 1732, 125 years after the founding of Jamestown, King George II gave the land between the present-day Savannah River and Florida to James Oglethorpe. This grant of land was intended to serve two purposes. First it was to be a buffer against the Spanish Catholic in Florida. Second, it was to be a refuge for inmates of the English debtor prison.

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