COLONY SHEET

virginia

Southern colonys

FOUNDER NAME: John Smith

FOUNDED

INFO

ECONOMY

SUMMER

WINTER

FERTILE SOIL

ROCKY

it got founded by england because who landed at Jamestown in May 1607, were not only to colonize but also to Christianize, to open new areas for trade, and to guard against further inroads by the Spanish.

founded in 1607D

"we invented government" -virginia

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ECONOMY

• they raise cattle/fur trading
• they grow crops (cash crops- tobacco, cotton,etc.)
• they chop down trees
• they fish

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS/INFORMATION/PEOPLERELIGION

• Mayflower compact
• First permanant colony in America, was a major cash crop colony, made the virginia house of burgessnes which was one of the staring points to self government.
• John Smith
• puritains (church of england)