The Southern Colonies

(Period: The Colonial Period)

Synopsis:

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Historical synopsis courtesy of A Hypertext on American History from the colonial period until Modern Times by Department of Humanities Computing, University of Groningen, The Netherlands and the former United States Information Agency (1953-1999).

Key Places:

• Virginia, Maryland, North and South Carolina, and Georgia were mainly rural colonies.