NAME DATE CLASS Guided Reading
Colonial America
Lesson 4 The Southern Colonies
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
How does geography influence
the way people live?
Virginia and Maryland
Identifying As you read the section, answer the questions below.
1. What was the original name of the first successful English colony in
North America? After that colony grew and became more
prosperous, what was its name?
Comparing and Contrasting Use your textbook to help you
complete the table.
3. required to
5. required to
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Laborers in the Virginia Colony
Enslaved People
Indentured Servants
2. came from
4. came from
NAME DATE CLASS Guided Reading Cont.
Colonial America
Describing Complete the paragraph.
The colony of Maryland was the dream of (6)
. He wanted a place where (7)
could practice their religion freely. His son
gave large areas of land called (8)
to
English aristocrats. The colony used both enslaved Africans
and indentured servants for workers.
9.Defining What was the Mason-Dixon line?
10. Identifying Cause and Effect What was the cause of
Bacon’s Rebellion?
The Carolinas and Georgia
forms. You may use a dictionary to help you.
1. Reporting Briefly tell how the Carolina colony came to be.
2.Identifying Who wrote the Carolina constitution?
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Answering Questions Complete the chart below with the correct word
NAME DATE CLASS Guided Reading Cont.
Colonial America
Comparing and Contrasting Complete the table.
Two Carolinas
North Carolina
South Carolina
products
3.
5.
ports
4.
6.
Summarizing Use your textbook to fill in the blanks to summarize
the story of the Georgia colony.
British colony founded in
Georgia was the (7)
America. (8)
received a charter and the
colony was set up for (9)
, or people who
could not repay their debts. British officials thought that Georgia
would be able to protect the other colonies from their
enemy, (10)
. Settlers built forts and the
town of (11)
as a barrier against expansion.
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The colony did not develop as planned. Very few people
who owed debts came. Mostly, it was poor people and
(12)
refugees. Most settlers complained about the
rules in the colony, especially the limits on
(13)
and the bans on slave labor and
(14)
. Georgia was turned back over to
(15)
in 1751.