Southern Colonies
Virginia
- Founded in 1607 by the London Company to find gold
- Made money by tobacco
- Royal government
- Population: 8.326 million
- Anglican and Baptist
- Famous Quote in Jamestown: " There was no talk but dig gold , wash gold, refine gold, load gold
Maryland
- Founded in 1634 , by Lord Baltimore and other Catholics for religious freedom
- Made money with tobacco
- They was a proprietary government
- Indian tribes
- Catholics, Anglicans and Baptists
- The Town Act of 1649 , all Christians where welcome to worship in Maryland
- Maryland host town meetings.
- Population: 5.976 million (2014)
North Carolina
- Founded in 1653 by the Virginia colonists
- They made money off of rice and Indigo but mostly Tar
- Their government was Proprietary
- 393,751 (1790)
- Native Tribe: Lumbee, the Haliwa-Saponi and the Coharie live in NC
- Yes there was conflict between whites and Natives in NC (Tuscarora War)
- Religious group: Anglican
Gerogia
- It was founded by James Oglethorpe in 1635 for relief for poor English and as a buffer between Spanish Florida and The Carolinas.
- Made money by growing rice
- The government structure was Royal & Royal Charter
- 2,381 white and 1,061 blacks
- Cherokees , Creeks , Seminoles and other tribes
- Their was conflict between white and the Seminoles
- Religious group: Anglican
South Carolina
- It was founded by supporters of Charles II for farming and trade. It later split into North and South Carolina.
- Made money by rice, Indgo (dye)
- Religious group : Anglican
- Their government structure was Proprietary
- Population in 2013: 4,774,839
- Catawba, Pee Dee, Chicora, Edisto and other tribes
- Yamasse War caused the North and South to spilt