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Coy-Bailey, AP Supervision
Mr. Friedman, Humanities Academy * H5 (June 2010 Regents Exam)
OBJECTIVES:
1. Trace the development of a plantation economy in the
American South.
2. Explain the way of life in the Southern colonies.
3. Describe the slave trade and the role of slavery in the
plantation economy.
4. Describe life for colonial slaves.
ACTIVITY B:
1. How did the geography of the South make southern
plantations self-sufficient? (p. 73, par.1)
2. Why did colonial standards of living rise so much in the 18th
century? (p.74, par. 2).
3. What roles did women play in the Southern household? (p.74,
par.4)
4. Why did English colonists start using African slaves? (p.75,
pars.3-5)
2. Lower-Class White
Woman
3. Indentured Servant
4. Enslaved African
CONTINUUM: p.78
1. Why were so many enslaved Africans brought to the
Southern colonies?
2. Why did fewer cities develop in the South during the
1700s? Use evidence from the text to support your
response.