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8/20/12                                                              The Southern Colonies [ushistory.org]




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                    day.  You  will  gain  a
                    sense  of  the
                    extraordinary  range  of
                    his  talents,  his  insatiable
                                                       5.  The  Southern  Colonies
                    thirst  for  knowledge,  his
                    watchful  use  of  time,                                                           Virginia  was  the  first  successful  southern                  SC  Plantation
                    and  the  larger
                                                                                                       colony.  While  Puritan  zeal  was  fueling  New
                                                                                                                                                                        Museum
                    community  that  lived                                                                                                                              Drayton  Hall  is  living
                    and  worked  at                                                                    England's  mercantile  development,  and  Penn's                 history  in  South
                    Monticello.
                                                                                                       Quaker  experiment  was  turning  the  middle                    Carolina  -­  visit  today!
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                                                                                                       colonies  into  America's  bread  basket,  the  South
                                                                                                       was  turning  to  cash  crops.  Geography  and                   Ancestry.com
                                                                                                       motive  rendered  the  development  of  these                    Family  Tree
                                                                                                       colonies  distinct  from  those  that  lay  to  the              Free  family  tree.
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                                                                                                       North.
                                                       Map  of  DeSoto's  1539-­43                                                                                      family  history
                                                       exploration  through  the                                                                                        resource.
                                                       Southeast                                       Immediately  to  Virginia's  north  was  MARYLAND.               www.ancestry.com
                                                                                                       Begun  as  a  Catholic  experiment,  the  colony's
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                                                                                                       economy  would  soon  come  to  mirror  that  of
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                                                       Virginia,  as  tobacco  became  the  most  important  crop.  To  the  south  lay  the                            Search  your
                                                       Carolinas,  created  after  the  English  Civil  War  had  been  concluded.  In  the  Deep                       Ancestors'  Records.
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                                                       South  was  GEORGIA,  the  last  of  the  original  thirteen  colonies.  Challenges  from
                                                                                                                                                                        1.5  Billion  Records!
                                                       Spain  and  France  led  the  king  to  desire  a  buffer  zone  between  the  cash  crops  of                   www.Archives.com

                                                       the  Carolinas  and  foreign  enemies.  Georgia,  a  colony  of  debtors,  would  fulfill                        Study  of  Law
                                                       that  need.                                                                                                      Earn  a  legal  studies
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                                                                                                                      English  American  Southerners                    Respected.
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                                                                                                                      would  not  enjoy  the  generally  good
                                                                                                                                                                        Accredited.
                                                                                                                      health  of  their  New  England                   www.APUS.edu/LegalStudies
                                                                                                                      counterparts.  Outbreaks  of  malaria
                                                                                                                                                                        Become  a  Social
                                                                                                                      and  YELLOW  FEVER  kept  life
                                                                                                                                                                        Worker
                                                                                                                      expectancies  lower.  Since  the                  With  an  Online
                                                                                                                      northern  colonies  attracted                     Master's  from  USC.
                                                                                                                                                                        No  Relocating
                                                                                                                      religious  dissenters,  they  tended  to
                                                                                                                                                                        Required.  Learn  More!
                                                                                                                      migrate  in  families.  Such  family              msw.USC.edu/Virtual-­Acad…

                                                                                                                      connections  were  less  prevalent  in
                                                                                                                      the  South.

                                                                                                                      The  economy  of  growing  CASH
                                                                                                                      CROPS  would  require  a  labor  force
                                                                                                                      that  would  be  unknown  north  of
                                                                                                                      Maryland.  Slaves  and  indentured
                                                                                                                      servants,  although  present  in  the
                                                                                                                      North,  were  much  more  important
                                                       The  Southern  colonies  included  Maryland,
                                                                                                                      to  the  South.  They  were  the
                                                       Virginia,  North  and  South  Carolina,  and
                                                       Georgia.                                                       backbone  of  the  Southern
                                                                                                                      economy.

                                                       Settlers  in  the  Southern  colonies  came  to  America  to  seek  economic  prosperity
                                                       they  could  not  find  in  Old  England.  The  English  countryside  provided  a  grand
                                                       existence  of  stately  manors  and  high  living.  But  rural  England  was  full,  and  by
                                                       law  those  great  estates  could  only  be  passed  on  to  the  eldest  son.  America
                                                       provided  more  space  to  realize  a  lifestyle  the  new  arrivals  could  never  dream  to
                                                       achieve  in  their  native  land.




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8/20/12                                          Maryland — The Catholic Experiment [ushistory.org]




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                                                 a. Maryland — The Catholic Experiment
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             Historic  Saint  Mary's
             City
             Visit  Maryland's  first         Cite  This  Page        Share  Your  Thoughts
             capital:  Historic  St.
             Mary's  City  is  an
             exciting  mix  of  colorful
             living  history  and
                                              5a.  Maryland  —  The  Catholic  Experiment
             fascinating  archaeology,                                                                                                                    Antioch
             all  set  in  a  beautiful                                                        New  England  was  not  the  only  destination             Community
             Tidewater  landscape.
             Lord  Baltimore's  17th                                                           sought  by  those  fleeing  religious                      Church
             century  capital  stands                                                          persecution.  In  1632,  CECELIUS  CALVERT,                A  Church  For
             ready  to  be                                                                                                                                Families,  Young
                                                                                               known  as  LORD  BALTIMORE,  was  granted
             rediscovered.  Exhibits                                                                                                                      Adults  &  College
             at  the  outdoor  museum                                                          possession  of  all  land  lying  between  the             Students-­Come  As
             include  the  square-­
                                                                                               POTOMAC  RIVER  and  the  CHESAPEAKE  BAY.                 You  Are!
             rigged  ship,  the
             Maryland  Dove,  Godiah                                                                                                                      Immigration  Ship
                                                                                               Lord  Baltimore  saw  this  as  an  opportunity
             Spray's  fine  tobacco                                                                                                                       Records
             plantation,  the                                                                  to  grant  religious  freedom  to  the  Catholics          Passengers  leaving
             reconstructed  State                                                              who  remained  in  Anglican  England.                      from  UK  and  IE.  Find
             House  of  1676,  a
                                                                                               Although  outright  violence  was  more  a  part           Your  Ancestors  Today.
             Woodland  Indian  hamlet,
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             and  much  more.  With
                                                                                               of  the  1500s  than  the  1600s,  Catholics
             miles  of  walking  trails
             and  scenic  river  views,                                                        were  still  a  persecuted  minority  in  the              Religious
             Historic  St.  Mary's  City
                                                                                               seventeenth  century.  For  example,                       Fundraising
             is  indeed  a  special  place
                                                                                                                                                          Sell  8  Colors  of  Live
             where  "Time  &  Tide                                                             Catholics  were  not  even  permitted  to  be
             Meet."                                                                                                                                       Poinsettias!  Sell  This
                                                                                               legally  married  by  a  Catholic  priest.                 Fall,  Deliver  in
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                                                                                               Baltimore  thought  that  his  New  World                  December
                                                                           James Barry, 1793                                                              www.livingcolorfundraiser.c…
                                                                                               possession  could  serve  as  a  refuge.  At  the
                                              In  this  engraving,  Cecil  Calvert
                                                                                               same  time,  he  hoped  to  turn  a  financial             New  Homes  in
             Maryland  Toleration             presents  his  1649  Act  Concerning
             Act                              Religion  to  the  ancient  Spartan              profit  from  the  venture.                                Maryland
             The  Toleration  Act  was        lawgiver,  Lycurgus,  while                                                                                 Maryland's  Premier
             a  fairly  progressive           libertarians  throughout  history,                                                                          New  Home  Builder
                                                                                               Maryland,  named  after  England's  Catholic
             document  written  in            including  Ben  Franklin  and  William                                                                      Including  Marlboro,
             1649  allowing  a  broad         Penn,  look  on.                                 queen  HENRIETTA  MARIA,  was  first  settled              Bowie  &  Clinton
             latitude  in  religious                                                                                                                      www.carusohomes.com/
                                                                                               in  1634.  Unlike  the  religious  experiments
             toleration,  particularly  as
             it  applied  to  Catholics.      to  the  North,  economic  opportunity  was  the  draw  for  many  Maryland  colonists.                     Sports  Coaching
             Read  the  text  of  the
             Doctrine  at  this  site.        Consequently,  most  immigrants  did  not  cross  the  Atlantic  in  family  units  but  as                 Program
                                                                                                                                                          Pursue  a  sports
                                              individuals.  The  first  inhabitants  were  a  mixture  of  country  gentlemen  (mostly
                       Report  broken  link                                                                                                               coaching  opportunity
                                              Catholic)  and  workers  and  artisans  (mostly  Protestant).  This  mixture  would                         with  a  degree  from
                                              surely  doom  the  Catholic  experiment.  Invariably,  there  are  more  poor  than                         AMU.
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             Maryland's  House  of            aristocrats  in  any  given  society,  and  the  Catholics  soon  found  themselves  in
             Delegates
             From  the  Maryland
                                              the  minority.
             State  Archives,  read
             about  the  early  years  of     The  geography  of  Maryland,  like  that  of  her  Southern  neighbor  Virigina,  was
             Maryland's  Lower
             House  of  Delegates  and
                                              conducive  to  growing  tobacco.  The  desire  to  make  profits  from  tobacco  soon  led
             its  struggles  with  the        to  the  need  for  low-­cost  labor.  As  a  result,  the  number  of  indentured  servants
             Upper  House  whose
             members  were                    greatly  expanded  and  the  social  structure  of  Maryland  reflected  this  change.
             appointed  by  Lord              But  the  influx  in  immigration  was  not  reflected  in  larger  population  growth
             Baltimore.
                                              because,  faced  with  frequent  battles  with  malaria  and  typhoid,  life  expectancy
                       Report  broken  link
                                              in  Maryland  was  about  10  years  less  than  in  New  England.

                                              Fearful  that  the  Protestant  masses  might  restrict  Catholic  liberties,  the  HOUSE
             Early  Immigration  to
                                              OF  DELEGATES  passed  the  MARYLAND  ACT  OF  TOLERATION  in  1649.  This  act
             Maryland  in  the
             Colonial  Era                    granted  religious  freedom  to  all  Christians.  Like  Roger  Williams  in  Rhode  Island
             Lord  Baltimore  hoped
             that  the  colony  he
                                              and  William  Penn  in  Pennsylvania,  Maryland  thus  experimented  with  laws
             settled  would  be  called       protecting  religious  liberty.  Unfortunately,  Protestants  swept  the  Catholics  out
             Crescentia,  but  the  king
             wanted  to  name  the  new       of  the  legislature  within  a  decade,  and  religious  strife  ensued.  Still,  the  Act  of
             colony  after  his  wife  and    Toleration  is  an  important  part  of  the  colonial  legacy  of  religious  freedom  that
             the  colony  was
             christened  Maryland.            will  culminate  in  the  First  Amendment  in  the  American  Bill  of  Rights.

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             Observations  on  the
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             inlisted  in  the  army,
             and  in  the  navy  of  the
             United  States
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             Philadelphia  in  1777.          The  growth  of  tobacco,  rice,  and
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             groups  of  people  who          created  a  tremendous  need  for                                                                          on  Dish!  Call  &  Switch
             were  enslaved  by                                                                                                                          —DishLatino
                                              labor  in  Southern  English  America.
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             indentured  servants  and        Without  the  aid  of  modern                                                                              DishLatinoPromociones.com…
             slaves  —  would  enlist  to
             serve  in  the  American         machinery,  human  sweat  and                                                                              HP®  Ink
             army  and  navy.                 blood  was  necessary  for  the                                                                            Cartridges
                       Report  broken  link   planting,  cultivation,  and                                                                               High  Quality  Original
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                                              harvesting  of  these  cash  crops.
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                                              While  slaves  existed  in  the  English                                                                   Now!
             Apprentices  of                                                                                              William Hogarth, 1747          HP.com/InkCartridges
             Indentures;;  Delaware           colonies  throughout  the  1600s,
                                                                                              This  picture,  Industry  and  Idleness,  shows
             County,  New  York               indentured  servitude  was  the
                                                                                              2  apprentices  starting  in  identical
                                                                                                                                                         Ancestry.com
             It's  hard  to  believe,  but
             the  practice  of                method  of  choice  employed  by                circumstances,  one  is  the  industrious                  Family  Tree
             indentured  servitude  in                                                        Francis  Goodchild  and  the  other  is  the               Free  family  tree.
                                              many  planters  before  the  1680s.
             American  did  not  end  in                                                      unsuccessful  Thomas  Idlefrom.                            World's  largest  online
             the  United  States  until       This  system  provided  incentives  for                                                                    family  history
             the  early  1900s.  This         both  the  master  and  servant  to                                                                        resource.
             site  lists  the  contract                                                                                                                  www.ancestry.com
             terms  between  Masters          increase  the  working  population  of  the  Chesapeake  colonies.
             and  Servants  in  one                                                                                                                      Sports  Coaching
             New  York  County.               Virginia  and  Maryland  operated  under  what  was  known  as  the  " HEADRIGHT                           Program
                       Report  broken  link   SYSTEM."  The  leaders  of  each  colony  knew  that  labor  was  essential  for                           Pursue  a  sports
                                                                                                                                                         coaching  opportunity
                                              economic  survival,  so  they  provided  incentives  for  planters  to  import  workers.
                                                                                                                                                         with  a  degree  from
                                              For  each  laborer  brought  across  the  Atlantic,  the  master  was  rewarded  with  50                  AMU.
             Differential                                                                                                                                www.AMUOnline.com/Sport…
             Tolerances  and                  acres  of  land.  This  system  was  used  by  wealthy  plantation  aristocrats  to
             Accepted                         increase  their  land  holdings  dramatically.  In  addition,  of  course,  they  received
             Punishments  for                                                                                                                            The  Prayer  at
             Indentured  Servants             the  services  of  the  workers  for  the  duration  of  the  indenture.                                   ValleyForge
             A  page  as  serious  as  its                                                                                                               Direct  frm  publisher
             title.  Written  by  a           This  system  seemed  to  benefit  the  servant  as  well.  Each  INDENTURED  SERVANT
             student  at  Lafayette
                                                                                                                                                         Arnold  Friberg  Framed
             College,  the  site              would  have  their  fare  across  the  Atlantic  paid  in  full  by  their  master.  A  contract           Prints  -­  Free  Shipping
             explores  what                                                                                                                              www.fribergfineart.com
                                              was  written  that  stipulated  the  length  of  service  —  typically  five  years.  The
             happened  when  crimes
             were  committed  by              servant  would  be  supplied  room  and  board  while  working  in  the  master's  fields.
             either  owners  of
                                              Upon  completion  of  the  contract,  the  servant  would  receive  "freedom  dues,"  a
             servants  or  the
             servants  themselves.            pre-­arranged  termination  bonus.  This  might  include  land,  money,  a  gun,
             For  you  AP  types  that
             come  here,  you'll  get
                                              clothes  or  food.  On  the  surface  it  seemed  like  a  terrific  way  for  the  luckless
             some  real  insight  into        English  poor  to  make  their  way  to  prosperity  in  a  new  land.  Beneath  the
             the  lives  of  indentured
             servants,  and  more             surface,  this  was  not  often  the  case.
             particularly  the  "different
             punishments  of                  Only  about  40  percent  of  indentured  servants  lived  to  complete  the  terms  of
             servants  and  their
             masters  in  colonial            their  contracts.  Female  servants  were  often  the  subject  of  harassment  from
             courts  by  examining            their  masters.  A  woman  who  became  pregnant  while  a  servant  often  had  years
             various  court  cases
             from  18th-­century              tacked  on  to  the  end  of  her  service  time.  Early  in  the  century,  some  servants
             Pennsylvania  and                were  able  to  gain  their  own  land  as  free  men.  But  by  1660,  much  of  the  best
             Maryland  courts."  No
             pictures  but  plenty  of        land  was  claimed  by  the  large  land  owners.  The  former  servants  were  pushed
             statistical  data.  This  is     westward,  where  the  mountainous  land  was  less  arable  and  the  threat  from
             what  awaits  any  of  you
             folks  thinking  of              Indians  constant.  A  class  of  angry,  impoverished  pioneer  farmers  began  to
             majoring  in  history.           emerge  as  the  1600s  grew  old.  After  BACON'S  REBELLION  in  1676,  planters
                       Report  broken  link   began  to  prefer  permanent  African  slavery  to  the  headright  system  that  had
                                              previously  enabled  them  to  prosper.

             Gottlieb  Mittelberger:
             On  the  Misfortune  of


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8/20/12                                                     Creating the Carolinas [ushistory.org]




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             Brief  History  of  South
             Carolina
             A  very  brief  history  of       Cite  This  Page        Share  Your  Thoughts
             the  state,  brought  to  you
             by  the  state.  Use  only  in
             the  case  of  an
             emergency.  Not  much
                                               5c.  Creating  the  Carolinas
             here.
                                                                                           While  wayward  English  migrants  worked  to  build               Charleston
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                                                                                           the  new  American  colonies,  mother  England
                                                                                                                                                              Dream  Homes
                                                                                                                                                              Own  Downtown
                                                                                           experienced  the  greatest  turmoil  in  her  history              Luxury  For  Less  From
             The  Lords  Proprietors                                                       in  the  middle  of  the  1600s.  The  Stuart  King,               Just  $120,600
             of  Carolina                                                                                                                                     www.residencesonking.com/
                                                                                           Charles  I,  was  beheaded  as  the  result  of  a  civil
             Carolina's  royal  charter
             was  granted  by  Charles                                                     war  in  1649.  A  dictatorship  led  by  OLIVER
             II  to  8  of  his  generals                                                                                                                     U.S.  Lawyers
                                                                                           CROMWELL  ruled  England  until  1660.  This
             who  had  supported  him                                                                                                                         Listings
             against  Cromwell.  This                                                      represented  the  only  break  in  the  hereditary                 Find  a  Lawyer  in  your
             overview  webpage  from
             the  Charleston  County                                                       line  dating  from  1066  until  the  present  day.                Area  locate  the  best
             Library  offers  inline  links                                                Cromwell  was  a  brutal  leader,  so  the  return  of             Lawyer  in  your  Area
             to  brief  biographies  of                                                                                                                       www.USLawyersListing.com
             the  Lord  Proprietors.                                                       the  English  monarchy  was  well  received  by  the
             Illustrated.                                                                  public.
                                               Charles  II  returned  to  the                                                                                 SC  Plantation
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                                               British  throne  in  1660,  after
                                                                                           This  disruption  caused  a  temporary  distraction
                                                                                                                                                              Museum
                                               the  brutal  dictatorship  of                                                                                  Drayton  Hall  is  living
                                               Cromwell.  It  was  under  his              from  colonizing  the  New  World.  When  Charles  II              history  in  South
             Charter  of  Carolina  —          rule  that  the  Carolinas  were            assumed  the  throne,  it  was  business  as  usual.               Carolina  -­  visit  today!
             March  24,  1663                  founded.                                                                                                       draytonhall.org
                                                                                           The  colonies  that  were  created  under  his  rule
             In  the  beginning  was  a
             charter.  The  Carolina                                                       were  known  as  RESTORATION  COLONIES.  It  was                   Carolina  Beach,
             Charter  was  granted  to
             Edward  Earl  of                  in  this  environment  that  the  Carolinas  were  created.                                                    NC
             Clarendon,  George                                                                                                                               Outdoor  concerts,
             Duke  of  Albemarle,              The  southern  part  of  Carolina  served  first  as  support  for  the  British  West  Indies.                seaside  boardwalk,
             William  Lord  Craven,
                                               Soon  the  slave  economy  of  the  sugar  islands  reached  the  shores  of  Carolina.                        amusements  and
             John  Lord  Berkley,                                                                                                                             more.
             Anthony  Lord  Ashley,            The  cultivation  of  rice  in  the  plantation  system  quickly  became  profitable,  and                     WilmingtonandBeaches.com
             Sir  George  Carteret,  Sir
             William  Berkley,  and  Sir       planters  in  the  hundreds  and  slaves  in  the  tens  of  thousands  soon  inhabited
             John  Colleton,  and  their       Carolina.  At  the  heart  of  the  colony  was  the  merchant  port  of  Charles  Town,                       Taste  Carolina
             heirs,  by  Charles  II.                                                                                                                         North  Carolina's
             They  were  granted               later  to  be  known  as  CHARLESTON.  African  slaves  became  a  majority  of  the
                                                                                                                                                              Tastiest  Tour!  Food
             domain  over  "  the              population  before  the  middle  of  the  eighteenth  century.  South  Carolina  even                          Tours  in  the  Triangle
             fishing  of  all  sorts  of
             fish,  whales,  sturgeons         experimented  with  Indian  slavery,  enslaving  those  captured  in  the  aftermath  of                       &  Triad.
             and  all  other  royal  fishes                                                                                                                   www.tastecarolina.net
                                               battle.
             in  the  sea,  bays,  islets
             and  rivers  within  the
             premises,  and  the  fish         Such  was  not  the  case  for  the  northern  reaches  of  the  Carolina  colony.  The
             therein  taken;;  and             earliest  inhabitants  of  this  region  were  displaced  former  indentured  servants
             moreover  all  veins,
             mines,  quarries,  as  well       from  the  Chesapeake.  Most  established  small  tobacco  farms.  Slavery  existed
             discovered  as  not
                                               here,  but  in  far  smaller  numbers  than  in  the  neighboring  regions.  The
             discovered,  of  gold,
             silver,  gems,  precious          inhabitants  felt  as  though  the  aristocrats  from  Virginia  and  the  Charles  Town
             stones,  and  all  other
                                               area  looked  down  their  noses  on  them.  Northern  Carolina,  like  Rhode  Island  in
             whatsoever,  be  it  of
             stones,  metals..."  Not  a       the  North,  drew  the  region's  discontented  masses.
             bad  deal  at  all.
                        Report  broken  link   As  the  two  locales  evolved  separately  and  as  their  differing  geographies  and
                                               inhabitants  steered  contrasting  courses,  calls  for  a  formal  split  emerged.  In
                                               1712,  NORTH  CAROLINA  and  SOUTH  CAROLINA  became  distinct  colonies.  Each
             Historical  Highlights            prospered  in  its  own  right  after  this  peaceful  divorce  took  effect.
             of  North  Carolina
             From  the  state  library  of
             North  Carolina,  a  very
             useful  history  of  Colonial
             North  Carolina  covering
             the  years  1663-­1729.
             No  pictures,  just  lots  of
             good  hard  facts.
                        Report  broken  link




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             Charter  of  Georgia:
             1732
             The  rice-­  and  tobacco-­      Cite  This  Page        Share  Your  Thoughts
             selling  colonists  of  the
             Carolinas  came  under
             attack  from  the  Indians
             and  Spanish  to  the
                                              5d.  Debtors  in  Georgia
             south.  The  British                                                                                                                   Jamestown
             solution?  Export  a  whole      The  development  of  Georgia  was
             bunch  of  debtors  to
                                                                                                                                                    Gardens
             settle  a  buffer  zone  and     unlike  all  the  other  British  colonies.                                                           Beauty  &  Adventure
             call  it  Georgia!  Read  all    First  of  all,  it  was  the  last  to  be                                                           Await  in  VA's  Historic
             about  it  and  much  more                                                                                                             Gardens.  Packages  at
                                              created.  Georgia  was  founded  in
             in  Georgia's  charter.                                                                                                                $199!
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                                              1733,  126  years  after  Jamestown                                                                   HistoryIsFun.org/Historical-­…

                                              was  successfully  planted.  England                                                                  Albany  State
                                              and  Europe  as  a  whole  were  in  the                                                              University
             Images  of  Oglethorpe           midst  of  an  intellectual  revolution                                                               2012  Tuition,  Course
             Here's  a  great  site  for                                                                                                            &  Admission  Info
                                              known  as  the  ENLIGHTENMENT.
             research.  Not  only  will                                                                                                             About  Albany  State
             you  find  dozens  of            Enlightened  thinkers  championed                                                                     University!
             pictures  of  James                                                                                                                    www.CampusExplorer.com/…
             Oglethorpe  and  related         the  causes  of  liberty  and  progress.        The  city  of  Savannah,  once  a  part  of
             to  the  settlement  of          Many  believed  in  the  innate                 Oglethorpe's  utopian  design,  makes  its            Midtown  Atlanta
             Georgia,  there  are  also                                                       beginnings  in  1734.
             an  essay  on  the               goodness  of  human  beings.  They                                                                    Hotel
             colony's  founder  and  a                                                                                                              Boutique  Hotel  near
                                              asserted  that  even  the  worst
             timeline  of  events.  All                                                                                                             Woodruff  Center  walk
             from  Armstrong  Atlantic        elements  of  society  might  prosper  if  given  the  right  set  of  circumstances.                 to  the  High  Museum
             State  University.                                                                                                                     and  the  ASO
                       Report  broken  link   JAMES  OGLETHORPE  was  such  a  thinker.  He  and  a  group  of  charitable  investors               www.artmorehotel.com

                                              asked  KING  GEORGE  for  permission  to  create  a  utopian  experiment  for  English
                                                                                                                                                    Savannah  Taxi
                                              citizens  imprisoned  for  debt.  England's  prison  population  could  be  decreased,
                                                                                                                                                    Cab  Service
             James  Oglethorpe                and  thousands  of  individuals  could  be  given  a  new  chance  at  life.  With  these             Clean,  reliable  local
             Tercentenary  Home
             Page                             lofty  goals,  Georgia  was  created.                                                                 and  airport  service
             A  comprehensive  site                                                                                                                 912-­341-­5397
             from  the  University  of        King  George  was  not  terribly  concerned  with  the  plight  of  the  English  debtor.             www.savannahtaxicabservic…
             Georgia  celebrating  the
             tercentenary  of  James          His  advisers  pointed  out  that  such  a  colony  in  Georgia  might  provide  defense
             Oglethorpe's  birth.  This       for  the  South  Carolina  rice  plantations  from  Spanish  Florida.  He  gave  his  assent          Reenactment
             celebration  was  officially
                                              to  a  charter  and  Oglethorpe  acted.
                                                                                                                                                    Stock  Footage
             decreed  by  the  Georgia                                                                                                              New,  quality  historical
             State  Legislature.  The
             page  is  broken  down
                                                                                                                                                    footage  All  periods  of
             into  several  chapters                                                                                                                history  to  your  door
             including  "English  roots                                                                                                             www.reenactmentstockfoot…
             of  James  Oglethorpe"
             and  "Visit  to  Savannah"
             which  was  a  city  settled                         "...And this would turn out very well indeed in that
             by  Oglethorpe.  Lots  of                            it would encourage very many good families of
             pictures  to  be  found
             throughout  the  site  too!                          average means to go to settle there as well as some
                       Report  broken  link                       very good workmen as carpenters, masons, tile
                                                                  makers, blacksmiths, farriers, locksmiths,
                                                                  wheelwrights, coopers, vine growers, shepherds,
             Oglethorpe  and  the                                 laborers, and others who would be most useful
             Georgia  Indians                                     there. Instead of this, the greatest part of those
             The  gallery  on  this                               who have already gone there are nothing but
             website  contains  48
             images  related  to  native                          miserable ones both as to their manners and as to
             Americans  in  Georgia                               their fortunes..."
             from  the  contact  period
             up  to  the  early  1900s.                           – James Edward Oglethorpe, Original Papers, Feb.
             But  don't  miss  the
             essay  on  Oglethorpe
                                                                  11, 1737
             relations  with  the  native
             Americans,  with  special
             reference  to
             Tomochichi,  a  Creek
             leader.
                       Report  broken  link   Here,  the  settlers  would  have  to  conform  to  Oglethorpe's  plan,  in  which  there
                                              was  no  elected  assembly.  Three  major  laws  governed  the  colony.  The  first  dealt
                                              with  the  distribution  of  land.  The  second  and  third  reflected  Enlightened  ideals.
             The  Fortresses  of

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             A  Day  in  the  Life  of
             Thomas  Jefferson's
             Monticello                        Cite  This  Page        Share  Your  Thoughts
             From  the  folks  at
             Monticello  a  fascinating
             slice  of  plantation  life.
             Thomas  Jefferson  was
                                               5e.  Life  in  the  Plantation  South
             a  very  reluctant
             politician  and  couldn't                                                         PLANTATION  life  created  a  society  with  clear             SC  Plantation
             wait  to  retire  to  his
                                                                                               class  divisions.  A  lucky  few  were  at  the  top,
                                                                                                                                                              Museum
             plantation.  But  with  all                                                                                                                      Drayton  Hall  is  living
             the  work  to  be  done,  it's                                                    with  land  holdings  as  far  as  the  eyes  could            history  in  South
             a  wonder  he  didn't  want
             to  stay  in  the  White                                                          see.  Most  Southerners  did  not  experience                  Carolina  -­  visit  today!
                                                                                                                                                              draytonhall.org
             House.  Start  at  sunrise                                                        this  degree  of  wealth.  The  contrast
             and  spend  a  day  with
             farmer  Jefferson.                                                                between  rich  and  poor  was  greater  in  the                Quail  Hunting
                        Report  broken  link                                                   South  than  in  the  other  English  colonies,                Plantation
                                                                                               because  of  the  labor  system  necessary  for                Award  Winning
                                                                                                                                                              Plantation  Hunting
                                                                                               its  survival.  Most  Southerners  were
                                                                                                                                                              Quail  hunting  at  its
             Gunston  Hall                                                                     YEOMAN  farmers,  indentured  servants,  or                    finest
             Gunston  Hall  was  home          Slave  Cabin  at  Sotterley
                                                                                               slaves.  The  plantation  system  also  created                www.riopiedraplantation.com
             to  influential  Virginian        Plantation,  Maryland,  is  one  of  the
             George  Mason  who                only  remaining  freely  accessible             changes  for  women  and  family  structures
             was  a  big  influence  on        examples  of  its  kind  in  the  state.                                                                       HTML5  Sencha
             Jefferson.  These  folks                                                          as  well.                                                      Flex  Devs
             say  they're  ready  to                                                                                                                          HTML5/Flex/AIR
             help  you  with  you              The  TIDEWATER  ARISTOCRATS  were  the  fortunate  few  who  lived  in  stately                                Dashboards  We  have
             school  project.  I  quote.
             "Working  on  a  school           plantation  manors  with  hundreds  of  servants  and  slaves  at  their  beck  and  call.                     your  solution!
             project?  Writing  a                                                                                                                             www.webappsolution.com
                                               Most  plantation  owners  took  an  active  part  in  the  operations  of  the  business.
             paper?  Or  maybe  you
             are  simply  interested  in       Surely  they  found  time  for  leisurely  activities  like  hunting,  but  on  a  daily  basis                Masters  Degree
             more  information  about
             George  Mason  or
                                               they  worked  as  well.  The  distance  from  one  plantation  to  the  next  proved  to  be                   In  History
             Gunston  Hall.  Please            isolating,  with  consequences  even  for  the  richest  class.  Unlike  New  England,                         Get  Your  Graduate
             call,  write,  or  e-­mail  us                                                                                                                   Degree  Online  From
                                               who  required  public  schooling  by  law,  the  difficulties  of  travel  and  the  distances
             to  discuss  your  needs.                                                                                                                        Accredited  Schools.
             We  carry  books  about           between  prospective  students  impeded  the  growth  of  such  schools  in  the                               Aid  Avail.
             George  Mason  and                                                                                                                               USADegreePrograms.com
                                               South.  Private  tutors  were  hired  by  the  wealthiest  families.  The  boys  studied  in
             Gunston  Hall,  copies  of
             the  Virginia  Declaration        the  fall  and  winter  to  allow  time  for  work  in  the  fields  during  the  planting  times.             Mixpanel  Mobile
             of  Rights,  postcards,
             and  much  more.  Let  us         The  girls  studied  in  the  summer  to  allow  time  for  weaving  during  the  colder                       Analytics
                                                                                                                                                              Learn  how  your
             help  you  with  your             months.  Few  cities  developed  in  the  South.  Consequently,  there  was  little  room
             project!"  They  have  a                                                                                                                         application  is  used.
             comprehensive                     for  a  merchant  middle  class.  URBAN  PROFESSIONALS  such  as  lawyers  were  rare                          The  most  advanced
             bibliography  of  sources         in  the  South.  Artisans  often  worked  right  on  the  plantation  as  slaves  or                           analytics  ever.
             on  George  Mason,                                                                                                                               www.mixpanel.com
             Gunston  Hall,  and  other        servants.
             18th-­century  topics.
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                                               The  roles  of  women  were  dramatically  changed  by  the  plantation  society.  First
                                               of  all,  since  most  indentured  servants  were  male,  there  were  far  fewer  women
                                               in  the  colonial  South.  In  the  Chesapeake  during  the  1600s,  men  entered  the
             Historic  St.  Mary's             colony  at  a  rate  of  seven  to  one.  From  one  perspective,  this  increased  women's
             City  —  1634-­1695
             Historic  St.  Mary's  City       power.  They  were  highly  sought  after  by  the  overwhelming  number  of  eager
             has  a  working  farm  as         men.  The  high  death  rate  in  the  region  resulted  in  a  typical  marriage  being
             part  of  the  museum's
             attractions.  The  Spray          dissolved  by  death  within  seven  years.  Consequently  there  was  a  good  deal  of
             family's  recreated               remarriage,  and  a  complex  web  of  half-­brothers  and  half-­sisters  evolved.
             1660s  tobacco
             plantation,  tucked  away         Women  needed  to  administer  the  property  in  the  absence  of  the  male.
             on  the  banks  of  St.           Consequently  many  developed  managerial  skills.  However,  being  a  minority  had
             Andrew's  Creek,
             contains  the  main               its  downside.  Like  in  New  England,  women  were  completely  excluded  from  the
             house,  tenant  house,            political  process.  Female  slaves  and  indentured  servants  were  often  the  victims
             and  tobacco  houses
             (barns),  as  well  as  the       of  aggressive  male  masters.
             crops,  gardens,
             orchards,  livestock,  and
             fencing  that  a
             successful  planter
             would  have  owned.  The
             Spray  family  and  their
             indentured  servants
             interpret  the  everyday
             life  of  early  Tidewater


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  • 1. 8/20/12 The Southern Colonies [ushistory.org] Search:     5. The Southern Colonies Suggest  a  Link Monticello Follow  Thomas Jefferson  through  a Cite  This  Page   Share  Your  Thoughts day.  You  will  gain  a sense  of  the extraordinary  range  of his  talents,  his  insatiable 5.  The  Southern  Colonies thirst  for  knowledge,  his watchful  use  of  time, Virginia  was  the  first  successful  southern SC  Plantation and  the  larger colony.  While  Puritan  zeal  was  fueling  New Museum community  that  lived Drayton  Hall  is  living and  worked  at England's  mercantile  development,  and  Penn's history  in  South Monticello. Quaker  experiment  was  turning  the  middle Carolina  -­  visit  today! Report  broken  link draytonhall.org colonies  into  America's  bread  basket,  the  South was  turning  to  cash  crops.  Geography  and Ancestry.com                 motive  rendered  the  development  of  these Family  Tree         colonies  distinct  from  those  that  lay  to  the Free  family  tree. World's  largest  online North. Map  of  DeSoto's  1539-­43 family  history exploration  through  the resource. Southeast Immediately  to  Virginia's  north  was  MARYLAND. www.ancestry.com Begun  as  a  Catholic  experiment,  the  colony's Search  For  Your economy  would  soon  come  to  mirror  that  of Ancestors Virginia,  as  tobacco  became  the  most  important  crop.  To  the  south  lay  the Search  your Carolinas,  created  after  the  English  Civil  War  had  been  concluded.  In  the  Deep Ancestors'  Records. Get  Access  to  Over South  was  GEORGIA,  the  last  of  the  original  thirteen  colonies.  Challenges  from 1.5  Billion  Records! Spain  and  France  led  the  king  to  desire  a  buffer  zone  between  the  cash  crops  of www.Archives.com the  Carolinas  and  foreign  enemies.  Georgia,  a  colony  of  debtors,  would  fulfill Study  of  Law that  need. Earn  a  legal  studies degree  online. English  American  Southerners Respected. Affordable. would  not  enjoy  the  generally  good Accredited. health  of  their  New  England www.APUS.edu/LegalStudies counterparts.  Outbreaks  of  malaria Become  a  Social and  YELLOW  FEVER  kept  life Worker expectancies  lower.  Since  the With  an  Online northern  colonies  attracted Master's  from  USC. No  Relocating religious  dissenters,  they  tended  to Required.  Learn  More! migrate  in  families.  Such  family msw.USC.edu/Virtual-­Acad… connections  were  less  prevalent  in the  South. The  economy  of  growing  CASH CROPS  would  require  a  labor  force that  would  be  unknown  north  of Maryland.  Slaves  and  indentured servants,  although  present  in  the North,  were  much  more  important The  Southern  colonies  included  Maryland, to  the  South.  They  were  the Virginia,  North  and  South  Carolina,  and Georgia. backbone  of  the  Southern economy. Settlers  in  the  Southern  colonies  came  to  America  to  seek  economic  prosperity they  could  not  find  in  Old  England.  The  English  countryside  provided  a  grand existence  of  stately  manors  and  high  living.  But  rural  England  was  full,  and  by law  those  great  estates  could  only  be  passed  on  to  the  eldest  son.  America provided  more  space  to  realize  a  lifestyle  the  new  arrivals  could  never  dream  to achieve  in  their  native  land. www.ushistory.org/us/5.asp 1/2
  • 2. 8/20/12 Maryland — The Catholic Experiment [ushistory.org] Search:     a. Maryland — The Catholic Experiment Suggest  a  Link Historic  Saint  Mary's City Visit  Maryland's  first Cite  This  Page   Share  Your  Thoughts capital:  Historic  St. Mary's  City  is  an exciting  mix  of  colorful living  history  and 5a.  Maryland  —  The  Catholic  Experiment fascinating  archaeology, Antioch all  set  in  a  beautiful New  England  was  not  the  only  destination Community Tidewater  landscape. Lord  Baltimore's  17th sought  by  those  fleeing  religious Church century  capital  stands persecution.  In  1632,  CECELIUS  CALVERT, A  Church  For ready  to  be Families,  Young known  as  LORD  BALTIMORE,  was  granted rediscovered.  Exhibits Adults  &  College at  the  outdoor  museum possession  of  all  land  lying  between  the Students-­Come  As include  the  square-­ POTOMAC  RIVER  and  the  CHESAPEAKE  BAY. You  Are! rigged  ship,  the Maryland  Dove,  Godiah Immigration  Ship Lord  Baltimore  saw  this  as  an  opportunity Spray's  fine  tobacco Records plantation,  the to  grant  religious  freedom  to  the  Catholics Passengers  leaving reconstructed  State who  remained  in  Anglican  England. from  UK  and  IE.  Find House  of  1676,  a Although  outright  violence  was  more  a  part Your  Ancestors  Today. Woodland  Indian  hamlet, FindMyPast.com/Passenger-­… and  much  more.  With of  the  1500s  than  the  1600s,  Catholics miles  of  walking  trails and  scenic  river  views, were  still  a  persecuted  minority  in  the Religious Historic  St.  Mary's  City seventeenth  century.  For  example, Fundraising is  indeed  a  special  place Sell  8  Colors  of  Live where  "Time  &  Tide Catholics  were  not  even  permitted  to  be Meet." Poinsettias!  Sell  This legally  married  by  a  Catholic  priest. Fall,  Deliver  in Report  broken  link Baltimore  thought  that  his  New  World December James Barry, 1793 www.livingcolorfundraiser.c… possession  could  serve  as  a  refuge.  At  the In  this  engraving,  Cecil  Calvert same  time,  he  hoped  to  turn  a  financial New  Homes  in Maryland  Toleration presents  his  1649  Act  Concerning Act Religion  to  the  ancient  Spartan profit  from  the  venture. Maryland The  Toleration  Act  was lawgiver,  Lycurgus,  while Maryland's  Premier a  fairly  progressive libertarians  throughout  history, New  Home  Builder Maryland,  named  after  England's  Catholic document  written  in including  Ben  Franklin  and  William Including  Marlboro, 1649  allowing  a  broad Penn,  look  on. queen  HENRIETTA  MARIA,  was  first  settled Bowie  &  Clinton latitude  in  religious www.carusohomes.com/ in  1634.  Unlike  the  religious  experiments toleration,  particularly  as it  applied  to  Catholics. to  the  North,  economic  opportunity  was  the  draw  for  many  Maryland  colonists. Sports  Coaching Read  the  text  of  the Doctrine  at  this  site. Consequently,  most  immigrants  did  not  cross  the  Atlantic  in  family  units  but  as Program Pursue  a  sports individuals.  The  first  inhabitants  were  a  mixture  of  country  gentlemen  (mostly Report  broken  link coaching  opportunity Catholic)  and  workers  and  artisans  (mostly  Protestant).  This  mixture  would with  a  degree  from surely  doom  the  Catholic  experiment.  Invariably,  there  are  more  poor  than AMU. www.AMUOnline.com/Sport… Maryland's  House  of aristocrats  in  any  given  society,  and  the  Catholics  soon  found  themselves  in Delegates From  the  Maryland the  minority. State  Archives,  read about  the  early  years  of The  geography  of  Maryland,  like  that  of  her  Southern  neighbor  Virigina,  was Maryland's  Lower House  of  Delegates  and conducive  to  growing  tobacco.  The  desire  to  make  profits  from  tobacco  soon  led its  struggles  with  the to  the  need  for  low-­cost  labor.  As  a  result,  the  number  of  indentured  servants Upper  House  whose members  were greatly  expanded  and  the  social  structure  of  Maryland  reflected  this  change. appointed  by  Lord But  the  influx  in  immigration  was  not  reflected  in  larger  population  growth Baltimore. because,  faced  with  frequent  battles  with  malaria  and  typhoid,  life  expectancy Report  broken  link in  Maryland  was  about  10  years  less  than  in  New  England. Fearful  that  the  Protestant  masses  might  restrict  Catholic  liberties,  the  HOUSE Early  Immigration  to OF  DELEGATES  passed  the  MARYLAND  ACT  OF  TOLERATION  in  1649.  This  act Maryland  in  the Colonial  Era granted  religious  freedom  to  all  Christians.  Like  Roger  Williams  in  Rhode  Island Lord  Baltimore  hoped that  the  colony  he and  William  Penn  in  Pennsylvania,  Maryland  thus  experimented  with  laws settled  would  be  called protecting  religious  liberty.  Unfortunately,  Protestants  swept  the  Catholics  out Crescentia,  but  the  king wanted  to  name  the  new of  the  legislature  within  a  decade,  and  religious  strife  ensued.  Still,  the  Act  of colony  after  his  wife  and Toleration  is  an  important  part  of  the  colonial  legacy  of  religious  freedom  that the  colony  was christened  Maryland. will  culminate  in  the  First  Amendment  in  the  American  Bill  of  Rights. 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  • 3. 8/20/12 Indentured Servants [ushistory.org] Search:     b. Indentured Servants Suggest  a  Link Observations  on  the slaves  and  the indented  servants, Cite  This  Page   Share  Your  Thoughts inlisted  in  the  army, and  in  the  navy  of  the United  States A  reprint  of  an  article 5b.  Indentured  Servants which  appeared  in DishLATINO® Philadelphia  in  1777. The  growth  of  tobacco,  rice,  and The  author  cannot History understand  why  two indigo  and  the  plantation  economy Tune  into  History  Now groups  of  people  who created  a  tremendous  need  for on  Dish!  Call  &  Switch were  enslaved  by —DishLatino labor  in  Southern  English  America. 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  • 4. 8/20/12 Creating the Carolinas [ushistory.org] Search:     c. Creating the Carolinas Suggest  a  Link Brief  History  of  South Carolina A  very  brief  history  of Cite  This  Page   Share  Your  Thoughts the  state,  brought  to  you by  the  state.  Use  only  in the  case  of  an emergency.  Not  much 5c.  Creating  the  Carolinas here. 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Area  locate  the  best Library  offers  inline  links Cromwell  was  a  brutal  leader,  so  the  return  of Lawyer  in  your  Area to  brief  biographies  of www.USLawyersListing.com the  Lord  Proprietors. the  English  monarchy  was  well  received  by  the Illustrated. public. Charles  II  returned  to  the SC  Plantation Report  broken  link British  throne  in  1660,  after This  disruption  caused  a  temporary  distraction Museum the  brutal  dictatorship  of Drayton  Hall  is  living Cromwell.  It  was  under  his from  colonizing  the  New  World.  When  Charles  II history  in  South Charter  of  Carolina  — rule  that  the  Carolinas  were assumed  the  throne,  it  was  business  as  usual. Carolina  -­  visit  today! March  24,  1663 founded. draytonhall.org The  colonies  that  were  created  under  his  rule In  the  beginning  was  a charter.  The  Carolina were  known  as  RESTORATION  COLONIES.  It  was Carolina  Beach, Charter  was  granted  to Edward  Earl  of in  this  environment  that  the  Carolinas  were  created. NC Clarendon,  George Outdoor  concerts, Duke  of  Albemarle, The  southern  part  of  Carolina  served  first  as  support  for  the  British  West  Indies. seaside  boardwalk, William  Lord  Craven, Soon  the  slave  economy  of  the  sugar  islands  reached  the  shores  of  Carolina. amusements  and John  Lord  Berkley, more. Anthony  Lord  Ashley, The  cultivation  of  rice  in  the  plantation  system  quickly  became  profitable,  and WilmingtonandBeaches.com Sir  George  Carteret,  Sir William  Berkley,  and  Sir planters  in  the  hundreds  and  slaves  in  the  tens  of  thousands  soon  inhabited John  Colleton,  and  their Carolina.  At  the  heart  of  the  colony  was  the  merchant  port  of  Charles  Town, Taste  Carolina heirs,  by  Charles  II. North  Carolina's They  were  granted later  to  be  known  as  CHARLESTON.  African  slaves  became  a  majority  of  the Tastiest  Tour!  Food domain  over  "  the population  before  the  middle  of  the  eighteenth  century.  South  Carolina  even Tours  in  the  Triangle fishing  of  all  sorts  of fish,  whales,  sturgeons experimented  with  Indian  slavery,  enslaving  those  captured  in  the  aftermath  of &  Triad. and  all  other  royal  fishes www.tastecarolina.net battle. in  the  sea,  bays,  islets and  rivers  within  the premises,  and  the  fish Such  was  not  the  case  for  the  northern  reaches  of  the  Carolina  colony.  The therein  taken;;  and earliest  inhabitants  of  this  region  were  displaced  former  indentured  servants moreover  all  veins, mines,  quarries,  as  well from  the  Chesapeake.  Most  established  small  tobacco  farms.  Slavery  existed discovered  as  not here,  but  in  far  smaller  numbers  than  in  the  neighboring  regions.  The discovered,  of  gold, silver,  gems,  precious inhabitants  felt  as  though  the  aristocrats  from  Virginia  and  the  Charles  Town stones,  and  all  other area  looked  down  their  noses  on  them.  Northern  Carolina,  like  Rhode  Island  in whatsoever,  be  it  of stones,  metals..."  Not  a the  North,  drew  the  region's  discontented  masses. bad  deal  at  all. Report  broken  link As  the  two  locales  evolved  separately  and  as  their  differing  geographies  and inhabitants  steered  contrasting  courses,  calls  for  a  formal  split  emerged.  In 1712,  NORTH  CAROLINA  and  SOUTH  CAROLINA  became  distinct  colonies.  Each Historical  Highlights prospered  in  its  own  right  after  this  peaceful  divorce  took  effect. of  North  Carolina From  the  state  library  of North  Carolina,  a  very useful  history  of  Colonial North  Carolina  covering the  years  1663-­1729. No  pictures,  just  lots  of good  hard  facts. Report  broken  link www.ushistory.org/us/5c.asp 1/2
  • 5. 8/20/12 Debtors in Georgia [ushistory.org] Search:     d. Debtors in Georgia Suggest  a  Link Charter  of  Georgia: 1732 The  rice-­  and  tobacco-­ Cite  This  Page   Share  Your  Thoughts selling  colonists  of  the Carolinas  came  under attack  from  the  Indians and  Spanish  to  the 5d.  Debtors  in  Georgia south.  The  British Jamestown solution?  Export  a  whole The  development  of  Georgia  was bunch  of  debtors  to Gardens settle  a  buffer  zone  and unlike  all  the  other  British  colonies. Beauty  &  Adventure call  it  Georgia!  Read  all First  of  all,  it  was  the  last  to  be Await  in  VA's  Historic about  it  and  much  more Gardens.  Packages  at created.  Georgia  was  founded  in in  Georgia's  charter. $199! Report  broken  link 1733,  126  years  after  Jamestown HistoryIsFun.org/Historical-­… was  successfully  planted.  England Albany  State and  Europe  as  a  whole  were  in  the University Images  of  Oglethorpe midst  of  an  intellectual  revolution 2012  Tuition,  Course Here's  a  great  site  for &  Admission  Info known  as  the  ENLIGHTENMENT. research.  Not  only  will About  Albany  State you  find  dozens  of Enlightened  thinkers  championed University! pictures  of  James www.CampusExplorer.com/… Oglethorpe  and  related the  causes  of  liberty  and  progress. The  city  of  Savannah,  once  a  part  of to  the  settlement  of Many  believed  in  the  innate Oglethorpe's  utopian  design,  makes  its Midtown  Atlanta Georgia,  there  are  also beginnings  in  1734. an  essay  on  the goodness  of  human  beings.  They Hotel colony's  founder  and  a Boutique  Hotel  near asserted  that  even  the  worst timeline  of  events.  All Woodruff  Center  walk from  Armstrong  Atlantic elements  of  society  might  prosper  if  given  the  right  set  of  circumstances. to  the  High  Museum State  University. and  the  ASO Report  broken  link JAMES  OGLETHORPE  was  such  a  thinker.  He  and  a  group  of  charitable  investors www.artmorehotel.com asked  KING  GEORGE  for  permission  to  create  a  utopian  experiment  for  English Savannah  Taxi citizens  imprisoned  for  debt.  England's  prison  population  could  be  decreased, Cab  Service James  Oglethorpe and  thousands  of  individuals  could  be  given  a  new  chance  at  life.  With  these Clean,  reliable  local Tercentenary  Home Page lofty  goals,  Georgia  was  created. and  airport  service A  comprehensive  site 912-­341-­5397 from  the  University  of King  George  was  not  terribly  concerned  with  the  plight  of  the  English  debtor. www.savannahtaxicabservic… Georgia  celebrating  the tercentenary  of  James His  advisers  pointed  out  that  such  a  colony  in  Georgia  might  provide  defense Oglethorpe's  birth.  This for  the  South  Carolina  rice  plantations  from  Spanish  Florida.  He  gave  his  assent Reenactment celebration  was  officially to  a  charter  and  Oglethorpe  acted. Stock  Footage decreed  by  the  Georgia New,  quality  historical State  Legislature.  The page  is  broken  down footage  All  periods  of into  several  chapters history  to  your  door including  "English  roots www.reenactmentstockfoot… of  James  Oglethorpe" and  "Visit  to  Savannah" which  was  a  city  settled "...And this would turn out very well indeed in that by  Oglethorpe.  Lots  of it would encourage very many good families of pictures  to  be  found throughout  the  site  too! average means to go to settle there as well as some Report  broken  link very good workmen as carpenters, masons, tile makers, blacksmiths, farriers, locksmiths, wheelwrights, coopers, vine growers, shepherds, Oglethorpe  and  the laborers, and others who would be most useful Georgia  Indians there. Instead of this, the greatest part of those The  gallery  on  this who have already gone there are nothing but website  contains  48 images  related  to  native miserable ones both as to their manners and as to Americans  in  Georgia their fortunes..." from  the  contact  period up  to  the  early  1900s. – James Edward Oglethorpe, Original Papers, Feb. But  don't  miss  the essay  on  Oglethorpe 11, 1737 relations  with  the  native Americans,  with  special reference  to Tomochichi,  a  Creek leader. Report  broken  link Here,  the  settlers  would  have  to  conform  to  Oglethorpe's  plan,  in  which  there was  no  elected  assembly.  Three  major  laws  governed  the  colony.  The  first  dealt with  the  distribution  of  land.  The  second  and  third  reflected  Enlightened  ideals. The  Fortresses  of www.ushistory.org/us/5d.asp 1/2
  • 6. 8/20/12 Life in the Plantation South [ushistory.org] Search:     e. Life in the Plantation South Suggest  a  Link A  Day  in  the  Life  of Thomas  Jefferson's Monticello Cite  This  Page   Share  Your  Thoughts From  the  folks  at Monticello  a  fascinating slice  of  plantation  life. Thomas  Jefferson  was 5e.  Life  in  the  Plantation  South a  very  reluctant politician  and  couldn't PLANTATION  life  created  a  society  with  clear SC  Plantation wait  to  retire  to  his class  divisions.  A  lucky  few  were  at  the  top, Museum plantation.  But  with  all Drayton  Hall  is  living the  work  to  be  done,  it's with  land  holdings  as  far  as  the  eyes  could history  in  South a  wonder  he  didn't  want to  stay  in  the  White see.  Most  Southerners  did  not  experience Carolina  -­  visit  today! draytonhall.org House.  Start  at  sunrise this  degree  of  wealth.  The  contrast and  spend  a  day  with farmer  Jefferson. between  rich  and  poor  was  greater  in  the Quail  Hunting Report  broken  link South  than  in  the  other  English  colonies, Plantation because  of  the  labor  system  necessary  for Award  Winning Plantation  Hunting its  survival.  Most  Southerners  were Quail  hunting  at  its Gunston  Hall YEOMAN  farmers,  indentured  servants,  or finest Gunston  Hall  was  home Slave  Cabin  at  Sotterley slaves.  The  plantation  system  also  created www.riopiedraplantation.com to  influential  Virginian Plantation,  Maryland,  is  one  of  the George  Mason  who only  remaining  freely  accessible changes  for  women  and  family  structures was  a  big  influence  on examples  of  its  kind  in  the  state. HTML5  Sencha Jefferson.  These  folks as  well. Flex  Devs say  they're  ready  to HTML5/Flex/AIR help  you  with  you The  TIDEWATER  ARISTOCRATS  were  the  fortunate  few  who  lived  in  stately Dashboards  We  have school  project.  I  quote. "Working  on  a  school plantation  manors  with  hundreds  of  servants  and  slaves  at  their  beck  and  call. your  solution! project?  Writing  a www.webappsolution.com Most  plantation  owners  took  an  active  part  in  the  operations  of  the  business. paper?  Or  maybe  you are  simply  interested  in Surely  they  found  time  for  leisurely  activities  like  hunting,  but  on  a  daily  basis Masters  Degree more  information  about George  Mason  or they  worked  as  well.  The  distance  from  one  plantation  to  the  next  proved  to  be In  History Gunston  Hall.  Please isolating,  with  consequences  even  for  the  richest  class.  Unlike  New  England, Get  Your  Graduate call,  write,  or  e-­mail  us Degree  Online  From who  required  public  schooling  by  law,  the  difficulties  of  travel  and  the  distances to  discuss  your  needs. Accredited  Schools. 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Mixpanel  Mobile of  Rights,  postcards, and  much  more.  Let  us The  girls  studied  in  the  summer  to  allow  time  for  weaving  during  the  colder Analytics Learn  how  your help  you  with  your months.  Few  cities  developed  in  the  South.  Consequently,  there  was  little  room project!"  They  have  a application  is  used. comprehensive for  a  merchant  middle  class.  URBAN  PROFESSIONALS  such  as  lawyers  were  rare The  most  advanced bibliography  of  sources in  the  South.  Artisans  often  worked  right  on  the  plantation  as  slaves  or analytics  ever. on  George  Mason, www.mixpanel.com Gunston  Hall,  and  other servants. 18th-­century  topics. Report  broken  link The  roles  of  women  were  dramatically  changed  by  the  plantation  society.  First of  all,  since  most  indentured  servants  were  male,  there  were  far  fewer  women in  the  colonial  South.  In  the  Chesapeake  during  the  1600s,  men  entered  the Historic  St.  Mary's colony  at  a  rate  of  seven  to  one.  From  one  perspective,  this  increased  women's City  —  1634-­1695 Historic  St.  Mary's  City power.  They  were  highly  sought  after  by  the  overwhelming  number  of  eager has  a  working  farm  as men.  The  high  death  rate  in  the  region  resulted  in  a  typical  marriage  being part  of  the  museum's attractions.  The  Spray dissolved  by  death  within  seven  years.  Consequently  there  was  a  good  deal  of family's  recreated remarriage,  and  a  complex  web  of  half-­brothers  and  half-­sisters  evolved. 1660s  tobacco plantation,  tucked  away Women  needed  to  administer  the  property  in  the  absence  of  the  male. on  the  banks  of  St. Consequently  many  developed  managerial  skills.  However,  being  a  minority  had Andrew's  Creek, contains  the  main its  downside.  Like  in  New  England,  women  were  completely  excluded  from  the house,  tenant  house, political  process.  Female  slaves  and  indentured  servants  were  often  the  victims and  tobacco  houses (barns),  as  well  as  the of  aggressive  male  masters. crops,  gardens, orchards,  livestock,  and fencing  that  a successful  planter would  have  owned.  The Spray  family  and  their indentured  servants interpret  the  everyday life  of  early  Tidewater www.ushistory.org/us/5e.asp 1/2