<P> The southern British colonies in North America were the Colony of Virginia, Province of North Carolina, Province of South Carolina, and Province of Georgia . The first successful English colony in N. America was Jamestown, established off the Chesapeake Bay in 1607 . In 1668 King Charles II granted the Carolina charter to eight Lords Proprietor . Georgia was not established as colony until 1732 under a charter granted to James Oglethorpe by King George II . </P> <P> Located between 40 degrees and 30 degrees latitude, the physiographic makeup of the southern colonies is generally divided into three regions . The Atlantic Coastal Plain (divided into two parts; the Inner Coastal Plain and the Tidewater), the Piedmont, and the Blue Ridge Mountains and Appalachian mountain regions . </P> <P> The Atlantic Coastal plains developed over the last 6,000 years, flattening out via the global flood as well as the transportation of sediment by river systems from the Appalachian Mountains . Crisscrossed by these river systems, the area became known as the Tidewater region due to the noticeable effect of the ocean's tides on the rivers that run through it . </P> <P> French for "foothills", the Piedmont is characterized by rolling hills stretching between the coastal plain and the Blue Ridge Mountains . It is separated from the coastal plain by the "fall line", line where elevation falls noticeably, and is the sight of many waterfalls on the rivers in the region . </P>

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