NORTH AMERICAN

REGIONS
I. Atlantic Coastal Plain

b. South Carolina through Virginia

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Charleston, South Carolina

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 Answer: Seawall

To protect Charleston from

storm surges during

Hurricanes

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Charleston CBD
Charleston Tourist Industry
House style: Half Houses
 Carolina Coast
Agriculture:
Today: fallow or hay (1950? – present)
Previously: Cotton (1820?-1940?)
Before that: rice (1720?-1810?)
Before that: Indigo (1630?-1710?)
Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
Considering Cape Hatteras is a
barrier island, what potential
problem do you see for Cape
Hatteras Lighthouse?

How would you resolve the

problem?

The US government moved it

half a mile away from the
ocean!
Saint Louisans at the Beach
 Swamp

The non-beach side of Cape Hatteras

Jamestown, Virginia
 James River Estuary

Part of the Chesapeake Bay, also an estuary

Contains brackish water

Located in the Tidewater area of Virginia,

North Carolina and Maryland
 Definitions
 Fallow: an agricultural field in which nothing is
grown
 Estuary: a drowned, wide river mouth with
brackish water; opposite of a delta
 Delta: a build up of silt at the mouth of a river
 Brackish: refers to water which is a mixture of
fresh and salt water
 Tidewater: the coastal area of the mid-Atlantic
Coastal Plain which is affected by tides
 Tides: the twice daily rise and fall of the oceans
due to the gravitational effects of the moon and
the sun
The Original 1607 Jamestown
Fort (model)
Little remains of the original settlement.

Why?
Swamp
How’s the Virginia silk industry doing? How about the wine industry?
Note the gun slits for defense.

Original 17th
Century church
and cemetery
Jamestown
Monument
Erected 300 years after
the settlement

When was it erected?

1907
 What battlefield is this?
The last battle of the
American Revolution

Yorktown, Virginia
 Memorial
Erected 100 years
after the battle

When was it erected?

1881
 Colonial House
Georgian Style
Note Symmetry

Note “dentil trim”

Georgian Style House
Williamsburg, Virginia
Robert Morris House, Yorktown
 Colonial House of
Williamsburg Burgesses
 Colonial Williamsburg
Duke of Gloucester Street
Colonial Williamsburg
Governor’s Palace
Colonial Williamsburg
Magazine
Colonial Williamsburg
Fife and Drum Corps
What style is this house?
Archaeology

Dig
Archaeology

Sift
Archaeology

Write
Archaeology

Photograph
 What is it?

Answer: Brickworks / kiln

Mount Vernon, Virginia
Home of
George Washington
Potomac River (Estuary)
 Atlantic Coastal Plain
South Carolina, North Carolina, and
Virginia

The End