Chapter 7The Southern Colonies

Lesson 3

SOUTHERN CITIESPages 248-251

QUICK SUMMARY

This lesson identifies the major cities in the Southern Colonies and discusses how and why they grew and prospered.

OBJECTIVES

Analyze and explain the location of cities in the Southern Colonies, including coastal towns and county seats.

OBJECTIVES

Explain the geographical factors that influenced the settlement and growth of cities in the Southern Colonies.

OBJECTIVES

Explain the economic patterns of settlers in the Southern Colonies.

ANTICIPATION GUIDE

Apprentices learned a skill by going to school

FALSE Apprentices learned a

skill by living with a skilled worker and helping with the business.

ANTICIPATION GUIDE

Charles Town was the center of life in North Carolina.

FALSE South Carolina

ANTICIPATION GUIDE

Many coastal towns in the Southern Colonies grew quickly.

TRUE

SECTION REVIEW PG. 249

How did people make a living in southern cities?  

Many people worked in the trade business. Other people were fishers, hatmakers (milliner), tailor, and printers.

SECTION REVIEW PG. 249 Where did most people in

South Carolina live between the late 1660s and mid-1770s?

  In or near Charles Town

SECTION REVIEW PG. 250

How did immigrants affect the port city of Wilmington, North Carolina?

  They helped it grow

and prosper.

SECTION REVIEW PG. 251

Why were county seats important to people living on farms and plantations?

People began to depend more on county seats as places to trade. They were places where people attended church and held dances. It was also where decisions about the government were made.

SUMMARIZE KEY CONTENT

At many southern trade ports, colonists exported and imported goods to and from England.

  Charles Town became the largest city in

the Southern Colonies.

SUMMARIZE KEY CONTENT

Coastal towns in the Southern Colonies grew and prospered.

  County seats developed inland and grew

into commercial trade centers.

LESSON 7.3 REVIEW

GENERALIZE What was life like for people who lived in cities in the Southern Colonies?

They often worked in skilled businesses and many attended social functions, such as dances and plays.

LESSON 7.3 REVIEW

1 BIG IDEA How did cities help the Southern Colonies grow and prosper?

Many port cities became trade centers.

LESSON 7.3 REVIEW

2 VOCABULARY Use the term apprentice in a sentence to describe how some young people learned jobs in the Southern Colonies.

An apprentice learned a trade by living with and being trained by a skilled worker.

LESSON 7.3 REVIEW

3 TIME LINE What happened in 1670? Charles Town became the center of life in

South Carolina.

LESSON 7.3 REVIEW

4 ECONOMICS What was the economic reason for colonists to settle Wilmington, North Carolina?

Settlers found an abundance of trees that led to the start of the lumber and naval stores industries.

LESSON 7.3 REVIEW

5 CRITICAL THINKING—Evaluate What were the advantages and disadvantages of building more towns in the Southern Colonies?

  Advantages included that twons helped the

colonies grow and prosper. Disadvantages included that towns and growing populations used up more land.

LESSON 7.3 REVIEW

PERFORMANCE—Make a Map Using maps in your textbook and other sources, draw a map showing the location of the southern towns and cities that you read about in the lesson. Near each city draw pictures of products that helped that city grow and prosper

  Show locations of cities and the products that

were important to their development.