| Documents Important to the Southern Colonies | |
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| Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh | Constitution of North Carolina |
| Royal Commission for Regulating Plantations | Constitution of South Carolina |
| Constitution of Maryland | First Charter of Virginia |
| People Important to the Southern Colonies | Elizabeth Lucas Pinckney |
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| Cecil Calvert | Elizabeth Lucas Pinckney |
| Cecil Calvert - 2nd Lord Baltimore | Elizabeth Lucas Pinckney Biography |
| Cecil Calvert Historical Facts | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| George Calvert (Lord Baltimore) | Sir Walter Raleigh - Founder of Roanoke |
| George Calvert - 1st Baron Baltimore | Sir Walter Raleigh Biography |
| George Calvert Biography | John Smith |
| James Edward Oglethorpe | Captain John Smith |
| James Oglethorpe - Georgia's Founder | Captain John Smith Biography |
| James Oglethorpe Biography |
| Plantation Life in the Southern Colonies | |
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| Monticello: The Plantation and Slavery | Life on a Southern Plantation, 1854 |
| SPECIFIC STIES about The Southern Colonies in Colonial America |
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13 Originals: The history of the original 13 colonies
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Colonial North America 1492-1763:Links to sites important to the growth of Colonial North America.
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Thirteen Colonies: Historical facts and information
| Colonial Charters |
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Colonial Charters, Grants, and Related Documents: From Yale Law School - A list of documents and their texts for every colony in early America - dates supplied as well
| Maps of Early America | Rare Map Collection - Colonial America |
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| Other Colonial Pages | |
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| The Jamestown Colony | The Plymouth Colony |
| The Lost Colony of Roanoke | The New England Colonies |
| The Middle Colonies | The Southern Colonies |
*Also See Jamestown Colony for Additional Southern Colony Information
| Southern Colonies Trivia |
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*The Southern Colonies were part of the 13 original colonies. The Southern Colonies included the colonies of Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
*Southern colonists grew their own food, and were known for three important crops: tobacco, rice, and indigo.
*These crops on Southern plantations were grown on plantations typically worked by slaves and indentured servants.
| Southern Colonies Trivia --- SPECIFIC STATES |
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*The Province of Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe in in 1733.
*Georgia was named after King George II of England.
*The Colony of Maryland was founded in by Sir George Calvert, known as Lord Baltimore, in 1632.
*Maryland was named after Queen Henrietta Maria who was the wife of King Charles I of England. She granted the rights to establish the colony.
*The Province of North Carolina was founded in by a group of proprietors in 1653, and considered a proprietary colony.
*North Carolina was named after King Charles I of England.
The Province of South Carolina, also a proprietary colony, was founded by Group of proprietors in 1670.
*South Carolina was the southern most part of the English Colony of Carolana, and, like North Carolina, was named after King Charles I of England.
*The Colony of Virginia was founded by John Smith in 1607.
*Virginia was named after Queen Elizabeth I of England, known as the Virgin Queen because she never married.
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