By: Morgan, Erica, Leah, Jesse and Delaney

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Chapter 10

• By Morgan, Erica, Leah, Jesse and Delaney
• Lessons 1,2,3

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Tidewater Region

• The South is known for great bays, broad rivers,
  and tangled swamps.
• A tidewater is a low-lying coastal plain full of
  water ways.
• The South was ideal for growing crops due to its
  7 to 8 month growing seasons.
• This area had a lot of animals for hunting.

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Tide Water Region cont.

• Forests were filled with animals, hunters found
  ducks, deer, bears, buffaloes and turkey, fish
  filled many of the rivers. Clams, crabs and other
  shell fish were easy to find.
• The Tidewater was an area of great natural beauty
  riches.

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The Back Country

• The Blue Ridge and great smoky mountains
  Appalachians. In North Carolinas back country,
  more than forty peaks rise to 6,000 ft. (1800 m).
• The Back Countrys farmers found red clay soil of
  Piedmont rise was good for growing corn and
  tobacco.

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A Rich Land

• The Europeans who settled in the southern
  colonies, found a rich land. The soil was very
  rich.
• The climate was warm most of the year.

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Maryland

• The second colony started in the Southern
  Colonies began as the idea of a rich Catholic
  named George Calvert.
• Calvert persuaded King Charles I of England to
  grant him a large area of plantation Chesapeake
  Bay.
• Calvert planned to make Maryland a place where
  Catholics could worship in peace.
• But he died before he could carry out his plans.

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Maryland cont.

• In 1632, Calvert decided to build a colony for
  Catholics in North America.
• The King named the new colony Mary Land after his
  wife, Queen Henrietta Maria.

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The Carolinas

• In 1663, England King Charles II gave the area
  south of Virginia to eight friends.
• They named it after Charles. (Carolus Charles
  in Latin.)
• They were going to make money by renting land.
• The friends were proprietors, a person who owns
  land property for business.

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The Carolinas

• In 1729, King George II took over Carolina and
  divided it into two Colonies North Carolina and
  South Carolina.
• The land around Charlestown was too swampy for
  tobacco. They grew indigo and rice which became
  SC first cash crops, a crop grown to be sold for
  profit.

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Georgia

• King George gave James Oglethorpe the land.
• He brought 114 debtors in 1733. Each was given 50
  acres (20 ha) of land and told to raise wine
  grapes and silk worms.
• But wine grapes and silk worms grew poorly in
  Georgias soil and many colonists
• left.

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Georgia cont.

• In 1752, King George II took control of Georgia.
  He gave the colonists land and let them Plant
  whatever they wanted.
• Soon they were raising rice and indigo. The
  colony began to grow at last.
• The Southern Five
• All five Southern Colonies offered fertile soil
  to farm.

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Chapter 10

• Lesson 3

By Morgan, Erica, Leah, Jesse, and Delaney
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The Plantation

• Plantations are very large farms in the country.
• Instead of addresses they had names for their
  plantations such as Gunston Hall and Claremont
  Manor.
• Everything the plantation owners needed was grown
  by themselves.

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Towns and Trade

• Running a plantation is like running a business.
• Boston and Philadelphia were trade posts.
• Without trade most towns in the Southern Colonies
  remained small, but Charles Town grew quickly
  (now Charleston.)
• William Byrd ll was a wealthy plantation owner.
• He worked his slaves very hard.

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Work and Play

• Byrd left a diary about daily activities. From
  that we know that Byrd spent most of his time
  looking after Westover, his plantation.
• He saw that the people he had enslaved planted
  and harvested his crops at the right time.
• Most plantations were miles from any other farm
  or town, so people were always welcome.
• A popular saying was Ride a mile, stay a week.
• During stays, visitors had a nice time horse
  racing and fox hunting.

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Wealthy Planters

• In the Southern colonies the rich planters lived
  in luxurious homes on their land.
• Slavery affected the lives of Africans in the
  Southern Colonies.

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Chapter 10

• Lesson 4
• Slavery in the Colonies

By Mr. Mazur
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Captives and Servants

• In 1670, Africans were no longer indentured
  servants. They became slaves.
• Planters realized they could make more money with
  slave labor.

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Slave Young, Slave Old

• Slaves were treated as property.
• The worked from 6 years of age until old age.
  (Hence the title.)
• Families were broken up.
• They were fed, clothed, and housed by owners.
• Work began at dawn.
• Overseers enforced the owners rules.

Some better than others.
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Slave Young, Slave Old

• Field slaves worked in the field. They did
  most of the hard work.
• House slaves worked as servants or cooks.
• Most worked 6 7 days a week.

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Fight Back

• Planters wanted slaves that obeyed and worked
  hard.
• Those that didnt were punished.
• Slaves fought back at every chance.
• They
• Broke tools
• Worked slowly
• Burned down buildings
• Worked when only watched eye service

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Oh, Freedom!

• Slavery was practiced in ALL the colonies.
• However, more were held captive in the Southern
  Colonies.
• They helped grow indigo, rice, tobacco, and
  cotton
• They faced endless work with no reward.
• It was against the law, in most colonies, to
  teach slaves to read or write.
• Why do you think they didnt want them to?

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Chapter 10

• Lesson 5
• George Washingtons Virginia

By Mr. Mazur
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Tidewater Virginia

• George Washington was born on a plantation in
  Virginia.
• It was not the same as it was when Jamestown was
  formed.
• The Powhatan were forced off their land.
• Slaves worked the land.
• Because plantations were spread out, there were
  few schools.
• He was taught at home until his father died.
• He wanted to go to school in England.

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Tidewater Virginia

• George Washington moved to Mount Vernon where his
  brother lived.
• Here few wealthy families ran nearly everything.
• He became part of a very privileged group.
• Time was spent
• Going to dances
• Fox hunts
• Children from the families would marry each other
  and become leaders of the colonies.

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Backcountry Virginia

• Backcountry an area of land across the Blue
  Ridge Mountains to the Shenandoah Valley.
• Shenandoah Daughter of the Stars
• Algonquian Language
• George met many Scot-Irish and German colonists.

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Backcountry Virginia
Backcountry
Tidewater

• Women wore silk and lace

• One room houses w/little furniture

• Wealthy and elegant homes

• Grew small amounts of food

• Worked hard just to stay alive

• Leaders of the colonies

Virginians

• Plantations

• Mountains

• Women didnt work with their husbands

• Hunted or fished

• Women didnt wear silk or lace

• Atlantic

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Backcountry Virginia

• George learned there were two Virginias.
• Tidewater
• Wealthy colonists in elegant homes
• Backcountry
• Small cabins and rough and hardy colonists