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Southern Colonies Chapter 4 Section3 Mason-Dixon Line •
Used the stars to calculate the path along a constant latitude line.
•
Each stone weighed between 300-600 lbs
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Drug them behind a wagon to place them
•
Took 5 years
•
Established because of a dispute between Calvert and Penn
Maryland and Virginia •
Indentured Servants- people who in exchange for passage to America would agree to work for free for a determined period of time for no pay
•
Act of Toleration- granted religious freedom in Maryland.
Virginia •
Bacon’s Rebellion –
William Berkley promised Natives, that settlers would not move off the agreed plot of land the Natives gave them.
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Bacon did not like the agreement, he gathered some settlers and attacked Natives and drove Berkley into exile
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Showed expansion was inevitable
Carolinas & Georgia •
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Carolinas –
Carolina was a Proprietary Colony
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King Charles used it as a reward to those that helped him regain his throne after the Glorious Revolution
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John Locke wrote a constitution
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Carolina eventually split into a northern and southern colony
Georgia
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James Oglethorpe
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Last English colony established
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Set up for the poor and those that owed money (debtors)
France and Spain in N. America •
La Salle, a French explorer, claimed a plot of land where the Mississippi R met the Gulf of Mexico and called it Louisiana in honor of King Louis XIV of France. 1718 New Orleans is settled
•
France used tenant farmers- farmers that agreed to work a certain number of days a year for the lord of the land
•
Unlike the English, the French had a good relationship with the Natives.
•
They did not try to change their religion or customs nor did they push them of their land
Spain •
Already controlled most of Mexico while rest of Europe was settling East Coast of America.
•
1609/1610 Spain settles New Mexico and Santa Fe is established
•
Most exploring and settling was done by missionaries looking for converts
•
By 1769 Spain has a string of missions along the west coast
Used the stars to calculate the path along a constant latitude line.
•
Each stone weighed between 300-600 lbs
•
Drug them behind a wagon to place them
•
Took 5 years
•
Established because of a dispute between Calvert and Penn
Maryland and Virginia •
Indentured Servants- people who in exchange for passage to America would agree to work for free for a determined period of time for no pay
•
Act of Toleration- granted religious freedom in Maryland.
Virginia •
Bacon’s Rebellion –
William Berkley promised Natives, that settlers would not move off the agreed plot of land the Natives gave them.
–
Bacon did not like the agreement, he gathered some settlers and attacked Natives and drove Berkley into exile
–
Showed expansion was inevitable
Carolinas & Georgia •
•
Carolinas –
Carolina was a Proprietary Colony
–
King Charles used it as a reward to those that helped him regain his throne after the Glorious Revolution
–
John Locke wrote a constitution
–
Carolina eventually split into a northern and southern colony
Georgia
–
James Oglethorpe
–
Last English colony established
–
Set up for the poor and those that owed money (debtors)
France and Spain in N. America •
La Salle, a French explorer, claimed a plot of land where the Mississippi R met the Gulf of Mexico and called it Louisiana in honor of King Louis XIV of France. 1718 New Orleans is settled
•
France used tenant farmers- farmers that agreed to work a certain number of days a year for the lord of the land
•
Unlike the English, the French had a good relationship with the Natives.
•
They did not try to change their religion or customs nor did they push them of their land
Spain •
Already controlled most of Mexico while rest of Europe was settling East Coast of America.
•
1609/1610 Spain settles New Mexico and Santa Fe is established
•
Most exploring and settling was done by missionaries looking for converts
•
By 1769 Spain has a string of missions along the west coast
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