Setting the Soil for the Food That Ends Up On Our Table Today

The Planting of English America

1. Colonization in England began in the focusing from the 1500-1733. Great Britain wanted to establish colonies in order to have natural resources for its industries and as market places for the industrial products, which were considered essentially valuable. The government really had few restrictions on who could settle in the American colonies. As long as the colony was profitable, the colonists were pretty much left alone to develop their own colony. This meant that different people could settle in the British colonies without fear of interference with their political beliefs or religious beliefs.

4. In the 2500s, the woolen districts located in England were drastically hit upon hard times economically, and workers lost their jobs. The younger sons often were pressured to migrate the US because the older siblings were the only the only ones that were able to inherit land. It created a wave of change of the percentage of the population that would be rich. The economy of Virginia and other southern colonies heavily relied on slavery. Maryland was considered to be a refugee for Catholics and slaves.  In 1712, North and South Carolina separated officially. This caused conflict when it came to slavery and it automatically made Georgia the buffer colony for runaway slaves.

5. The following are similarities among the Southern colonies of Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

-Agriculture was the primary focus of their society

I organized the similarities and differences to make it easier to compare the similarities and differences in the Southern Colonies

Similarities and Differences in Southern Colonies

·         Slavery trade was growing at an alarming because Africans were perceived as capable to overcome diseases.

·         Schools, churches, and even towns, were often stopped from development since Southerners were so spread out.

·         Crops were grown as such:

·         Tobacco - in the Chesapeake region (Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina)

·         Rice and indigo - in the tidewater region of South Carolina and Georgia

·         As a general rule, the plantation South permitted a good deal of religious freedom. Southerners were more interested in making money and growing crops than worrying over church doctrine.

·         White vs. Indian conflicts was frequent.