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MARYLAND

MARYLAND. 1632 - the land is given to Sir George Calvert from King Charles I He envisions a colony where Catholics can practice their religion freely Calvert dies, leaving his son, Lord Baltimore , to settle the colony Land grants are given to attract settlers

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MARYLAND

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  1. MARYLAND • 1632 - the land is given to Sir George Calvert from King Charles I • He envisions a colony where Catholics can practice their religion freely • Calvert dies, leaving his son, Lord Baltimore, to settle the colony • Land grants are given to attract settlers • 1649 – Act of Toleration is passed to provide religious freedom to all Christians.

  2. THE CAROLINAS • The northern section is mostly comprised of poor tobacco farmers from Virginia. • Further south, 8 English nobles receive a land grant from King Charles II in 1663. They settle in Charleston. • Rice and Indigo become valuable cash crops • Planters import slaves from Africa to cultivate these crops. • 1712 – the colony splits between North Carolina and South Carolina.

  3. Georgia • 1732 – James Ogelthorpe establishes the colony as a safe haven for debtors. • First settlement is Savannah. • Originally, slavery was forbidden, and farms could be no larger than 500 acres. • Plantations and slave labor are later allowed, allowing the colony to prosper. • England hoped that Georgia would serve as a buffer between the Carolinas and Florida.

  4. Tidewater Plantations • Rich farmland located along rivers and creeks of the coastal plain. • VA, MD, NC: major tobacco growing areas. • SC, GA: rice and indigo. • Slaves do most of the work on these plantations. • Only a small percentage of white southerners owned large plantations, yet these planters set the Southern style of life.

  5. The Backcountry South • Rolling hills and thick forests located at the base of the Appalachian Mts. • More democratic, people are seen as equals. • Tend small fields of corn or tobacco • Close knit families who work together to husk corn or build barns.

  6. The Growth of Slavery • By 1700, Southern plantations rely on slave labor. • Some are skilled workers, such as carpenters or blacksmiths. Some work in the Great House as cooks or servants. • Slave Codes – laws passed to regulate slave behavior and deny them their rights • Viewed as property, not human beings. • Planters viewed the black Africans as being inferior to the white Europeans. This belief that one race is superior to another is called racism.

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