| Term | Definition |
|---|
| the Southern Colonies | Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia |
| first permanent settlement in America | Jamestown |
| colony (now state) of first settlement | Virginia |
| reason early settlers came to America | gold |
| Jamestown leader | John Smith |
| Indian chief who captured Captain Smith | Powhatan |
| Indian maiden who saved Captain Smith | Pocahontas |
| major source of profit for Jamestown colonists | tobacco |
| man who developed blend of tobaccos in Virginia | John Rolfe |
| first permanent settlement in Maryland | St. Marys |
| two major crops in South Carolina colony | rice, indigo |
| major crop in Georgia | cotton |
| cash crop | a crop raised to sell for profit on the world market |
| plantation | large farms or estates worked by resident laborer |
| indentured servant | a person who agrees to work for a certain period of time in return for travel expenses and keep |
| slave state | a state in America in which ownership of a Negro was legal |
| indigo | a plant that produces blue dye and was a cash crop for southern plantations |
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