The Southern Colonies

• Social Studies

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• use geographic tools to understand how factors influenced emigration, settlement patterns, and regional identities in the United States colonies during a specific time period. 
• assess and analyze the influence of the institution of slavery on both the political and economic growth of the United States.
• evaluate the effects of interactions and conflicts between native groups and North American settlers on historical developments.

Learning Target

Unpacking the learning target

Learning targets are similar to the writing prompts you see on exams. Learning targets, like writing prompts, illicit information.  

When looking at learning tasks, you should identify question words such as: 

examine, explore, integrate, interrogate, determine, map out, highlight, assess, analyze, evaluate, etc. 

What words did we uncover in the learning target?

Learning Targets Cont'

When you see these buzz words, You need to now turn those declarative statements into questions. 

Questions should ask either how or why. (SPOILER ALERT) if the statement includes why or how, then the question will start with why or how. If the statement does not include why or how, then you will ask how!!!!!!!!

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• use geographic tools to understand how factors influenced emigration, settlement patterns, and regional identities in the United States colonies during a specific time period. 
• assess and analyze the influence of the institution of slavery on both the political and economic growth of the United States.
• evaluate the effects of interactions and conflicts between native groups and North American settlers on historical developments.

Learning Target

Turn each of the learning tasks into a question.
Then turn and compare with your partner

What questions did you come up with?

Key Terms

Chattel Slavery: the enslaving and owning of human beings and their offspring as property, able to be bought, sold, and forced to work without wages, as distinguished from other systems of forced, unpaid, or low-wage labor also considered to be slavery.

indentured servant:  a person who agrees to provide five to seven years of unpaid labor in return for free passage across the ocean, food, clothing and shelter

middle passage: the voyage of slaves from Africa to America in which many suffered and died

cash crop: a product grown for sale and not for the farmer's own use

Turn to your partner and paraphrase the key terms. have 5 min

You have 5 min

Body language

come up with a physical description of your designated word. You and your group have 5 minutes!!

What is a cash crop?

1. a product grown for no usage at all
2. a product that is grown for personal use
3. a product that is grown for commercial use
4. subsistence farming

Why would someone choose to become an indentured servant?

1. a person would choose to become an indentured servant so that they can never see their families again
2. a person would choose to become an indentured servant so that they can be a chattel slave
3. a person would choose to become an indentured servant so that they can feel like they belong
4. a person would choose to become an indentured servant so that they can receive free passage across the ocean, food, clothing and shelter

Describe the life of a chattel slave?

1. A chattel slave agrees to come to the new world in exchange for work
2. A chattel slave loves their job
3. A chattel slave will be free after their debts are served
4. A chattel slave lives in bondage along with their children forever

Factors of influence

• Europeans emigrated to the colonies for various reasons
• Profits!! the southern colonies were first created to make money
•  Georgia became the Land of opportunity for poor english men who owed their country money. 
• agriculture was its main selling point

Colony of Maryland

• was established in 1633 by George Calvert and his son Cecilius Calvert.
• In contrast to the other southern colonies, was created as a safe haven for catholics

The Carolina Colonies

• Started out as 1 colony
• was inhabited by indigenous people, former indentured servants and farmers from Barbados
•  Initially intended to grow silk, however efforts failed.
• This led to the creation of 2 separate colonies in 1712

Georgia

• Founded in 1733 by James 

Oglethorpe

• Wanted a  society of equal wealth distribution. 
• Safe- Haven for debtor

Native American Resistance

1. Queen Anne's War 1702-1713
2. Tuscarora War (1711-1715)
3. French and Indian War (1794)
4.  Cherokee Wars (1759)
5.  Pontiac's War (1763)
6.  First Seminole War (1816-1818)

Scavenger Hunt

In groups of no more than 3 find out:

-What caused the war

-What were the war Tactics

- What happened to the natives as a result

You have 10 min!!

Document Analysis

Take this next 5 min to describe what you see in the document 

with your partner