The flat land along the coast where most plantations were built. 

The Southern colonies had many small towns which were densely populated. 

In 1676, a group of landless frontier settlers demanded that Virginia Governor William Berkeley help defend their frontier settlements against Native Americans which sparked the 

African slaves resisted against their white captures by 

By 1750, there were over 235,000 enslaved Africans in American, and 68 percent lived in the Southern Colonies. 

Slaves often worked upwards of 15 hours per day. 

Nathaniel Bacon took over the House of Burgesses and burnt Jamestown to the ground. 

Crops that are raised and sold for profits were known as

The Northern economy was more diverse than the Southern economies. 

In 1739, African slaves rebelled southwest of Charles Town in what was known as the 

The owners of the plantations were considered the _____________ of society. 

Supervisors who looked after the Africans while they worked were called 

Why did Southern planters choose to enslave Africans?

The planter class made up a large number of the Southern population.

Two popular crops that were sold for great profits in the South

A plant that produces a deep blue dye that was cultivated on the higher ground. 

She introduced indigo as a successful plantation crop. 

In 1665 fewer than 500 Africans had been brought into Virginia.