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Southern Colony Notes Part 2
 * Georgia was developed for people to get a fresh start. (debtors)
 * Debtors were people who owed money, but couldn’t pay it back.
 * Georgia was established in 1732.
 * The first settlement was called Savannah.
 * People who wanted to live in Georgia were given limited land and could not have slaves at first.
 * Due to low numbers of new people, the leader (James Oglethorpe) decided to change the law to more land and allowed slaves.
 * Slavery became widely accepted in the south by the 1700’s.
 * The southern colonies started the plantation system which heavily relied on slave labor for economics.
 * A headright was offered to each settler which was a land grant.
 * Tobacco, indigo, cotton and rice became the most popular crops in the south.
 * Tidewater plantations were developed along the Rivers which allowed ships full of crops to be delivered to the West Indies and Europe.
 * Plantations featured a large fancy house for slave owners and shacks for slaves.
 * Slaves were expected to work in the fields and in the big house assisting the lady of the house with cooking and cleaning.