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Southern colony (Virginia (Settlers (English land owners,skilled labors(…
Southern colony
Virginia
Climate
Mild winters and hot , humid summers
Settlers
English land owners,skilled labors( shoemaker,bricklayers,tailors,etc) people seeking profits
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Most Africans were hard workers use to farming because of their dark skin it was hard for them to hide from their owners
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Economy/Occupations
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First,planters used Indians then used poor people from England for free passage to Virginia they used them for five to seven years lastly they brought Africans to Virginia
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Government
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In 1661, the Virginia house of Burgesses passe the law making African workers slaves for life. By 1700's more than one fourth of the colony's population were slaves slavery turned into a way of life
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Founders
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Sir George Calvert, named Lord Baltimore by King James I was an English gentleman who became a Roman catholic
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Religion
Various faiths, particularly Catholic
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Geography
low,fertile land surrounding the Chesapeake bay
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Economy/Occupations
Farming,(crops, beef, dairy), lumber, shipping, fishing, iron making
Climate
Cold, rainy winters and hot, humid summers
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Settlers
Debtors from English prisons,Europeans seeking religious freedom and cheap land
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Climate
short,mild winters and long,hot,humid summers
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Economy/Occupations
farming(plantations and independent farms),trade,skilled labor
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