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Tobacco in Colonies:

Maryland:

North Carolina:

Georgia:

South Carolina || At first, England had little interest in America, and let Spain and France explore the New World

First English colony in America (Roanoake) fails and disappears completely.

English ships defeat Spanish armada, shifting momentum of colonization to England.

As England’s population grows, “adventurers” pool their money to colonize America.

Virginia Company sponsors the colony at Jamestown. After a bad start, the colony survives through the year.

First genocide of Eastern natives by Be la Warr, as he torches corn fields and burns villages. English-American wars continue throughout the 17th century. Tobacco is first grown by John Rolfe, and it becomes Virginia’s cash crop overnight. Virginia’s colony is saved by tobacco industry. The need for labor on the plantations gave rise to slave trade in the colonies. Southern Colonies: Early attempts at colonization in America Maryland is founded by Lord Baltimore as a haven for Catholics in the Protestant America. Baltimore subsequently sells out other religions and creeds. Emerges in 1712 as a home for sturdy, independent, small farmers. While having little need for slaves, these colonists were constantly fighting the natives. Founded in 1733 as haven for debtors and all Christians. Served as a buffer between English and Spanish colonies. A relatively liberal and democratic colony. Starts out as a rice farming aristocratic melting pot with a thirst for slaves. The first of the Carolinas, South Carolinians bring “slave codes” from Carribean to help whites govern blacks.

Slave trade and agriculture are KEY in the South, and they make up almost the entire South’s economy by the 1700’s. ||