Informative Essay: Life In The Southern Colonies

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For my group’s research paper, we will be explaining life in the Southern Colonies. For the essay portion of the project, I will be in charge of composing the introduction paragraph. The Southern Colonies include the following colonies, Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas (both North Carolina and South Carolina), and Georgia. During the mid-1700s, many colonists decided to move to the Southern Colonies for a variety of reasons. Some decided to move to the South because of the ability to worship freely, specifically in the colony of Maryland. The principal reason that many decided to move to the South was because they had the ability to grow cash crops, crops that are sold for money at market. Some of the most important cash crops of all are, tobacco, which was commonly found in Virginia, and indigo, which …show more content…
There many causes for coming into the South, and, as you know, causes lead to a variety of effects. Like I said above, many moved to the South for religious tolerance. Religious tolerance was a main rule/law in the colony of Maryland. Lord Baltimore (the founder of the colony) had created the colony so Catholics could worship freely, and to expand the colonies he allowed Protestants into Maryland. The effect of this was that in fear of the Protestants taking over, Lord Baltimore created the Act of Toleration, a law that provided religious freedom for all Christians, such as Catholic, Protestant, and Anglican. All except for the Jewish. Other colonists moved to the South attracted to the financial gain of tobacco. The plantation owners that grew these cash crops were all located along the costs, so newcomers had to move farther inland, and onto native American territory. This led to horrid wars against the Indians. The colonists asked the governor to go against the Natives, but he refused, due to his fur trade deal. This resulted into Bacon’s Rebellion, a tirade that occurred in 1676 led by Nathaniel Bacon
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