Southern Colonies

• Virginia - Founder


  Virginia Joint Stock Company
• Virginia - Founder


  "Virginia Company"
• Virginia - Year Founded

  1607
• Virginia - Reason for Colonization

  Trading
• Virginia - Reasons for Colonization

  Search for Weath
• Virginia - Reasons for Colonization

  Economic reasons
• Virginia - Religion

  Church of England
• Virginia - Government

  Self-Governing
• Virginia Government - Self-Government


  House of Burgesses (Legislature)
• What is the House of Burgesses the first of?

  First Representative Government
• Maryland - Founder


  Lord Baltimore
• Maryland- Year Founded

  1632
• Maryland - Reasons for Colonization

  Refuge for Catholics
• Maryland - Reasons for Colonization

  Religious Reasons
• Maryland - Religion


  Various faiths - mostly Catholic
• Maryland - Government

  Self-Governing
• North and South Carolina - Founder


  8 proprietors
• North and South Carolina - Year Founded


  1663
• North and South Carolina - Reasons for Colonization

  Reward from King Charles
• North and South Carolina - Reasons for Colonization

  Wealth from land
• North and South Carolina - Religion

  Various Faiths
• North and South Carolina - Government


  Governors appointed by proprietors
• North and South Carolina - Government (extra fact)


  Unrest due to poor leadership & religious fighting
• Georgia - Founder


  James Oglethorpe
• Georgia - Year Founded


  1732
• Georgia - Reasons for Colonization


  Refuge for DEBTORS
• Georgia - Reasons for Colonization

  PROTECTION for South Carolina form Spain
• Georgia - Religion

  Various Faiths
• Georgia - Government

  Self-Governing
• Southern Colonies - States

  Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia