Ch. 6, L. 3 & 4- Southern Colonies

Which was the first permanent English colony? (Lesson 3)

• North Carolina

• Georgia

• Virginia

• South Carolina

Virginia became the first colony to ________. (Lesson 3)

• create an elected legislature.

• pass the Toleration Act.

• become a refuge for Catholics.

• put debtors in prison.

Representatives in the Virginia legislature were called ________. (Lesson 3)

• Anglicans.

• debtors.

• plantation owners.

• burgesses.

After Virginia, how many more Southern Colonies did England form? (Lesson 3)

• 4

• 3

• 2

• 1

What did Calvert want Maryland to be? (Lesson 3)

• a refuge for poor people and debtors.

• a refuge for servants and enslaved Africans.

• a refuge for Catholics.

• a refuge for Anglicans.

The economy of the Southern Colonies was based on _______. (Lesson 4)

• agriculture.

• industry.

• rice.

• fishing.

Most of the colonists in the Southern Colonies were _______. (Lesson 4)

• carpenters.

• plantation owners.

• overseers.

• backcountry farmers.

Which colonies grew rice and indigo as their main crops? (Lesson 4)

• Virginia and North Carolina

• South Carolina and Georgia

• Maryland and Virginia

• North Carolina and South Carolina

What was one difference between plantations and backcountry farms? (Lesson 4)

• Backcountry farms had overseers.

• Planters' children learned to read and write from their parents.

• Backcountry farms were huge.

• Farmers' children learned to read and write from their parents.

Which sentence about slaves' lives is true? (Lesson 4)

• Overseers made their lives easier.

• Many slaves lived long lives.

• Many slaves adopted Christianity.

• Private teachers taught them spirituals.