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SOUTHERN COLONIES!!!
TERM | DEFINITION |
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REFUGE | A SAFE PLACE |
ROYAL COLONY | A COLONY CONTROLLED BY THE KING |
PROPRIETARY COLONY | A COLONY CONTROLLED BY A PROPRIETOR (PERSON OR A GROUP OF PEOPLE) |
TOLERATION ACT | ACT PASSED IN MARYLAND THAT GAVE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM TO ALL CHRISTIANS |
CONSTITUTION | A WRITTEN PLAN OF GOVERNMENT |
DEBTORS | PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN PUT IN PRISON FOR OWING MONEY |
BACK COUNTRY | WHAT THE SETTLERS CALLED THE LAND BEYOND OR "IN THE BACK OF" THE EUROPEAN COLONIES |
GREAT WAGON ROAD | NATIVE AMERICAN TRAILS USED BY SETTLERS TO TRAVEL INTO THE BACK COUNTRY WITH LOADED WAGONS |
PLANTER | PLANTATION OWNER |
OVERSEER | A PERSON HIRED BY PLANTATION OWNERS TO WATCH ENSLAVED PEOPLE AS THEY WORK |
INDEGO | THE DYE PRODUCED BY PLANTS TO USE IN THE CLOTH MAKING PROGRESS |
INTERPENDANCE | DEPENDING ON ONE ANOTHER FOR ECONOMIC RESOURSES |
BROKER | A PERSON WHO IS PAID TO BUY AND SELL FOR SOMEONE ELSE |
CALVERTS | THE FAMILY THAT STARTED THE MARYLAND COLONY |
LORDS PROPRIETORS | THE EIGHT ENGLISH LEADERS OF THE CAROLINA COLONY |
JAMES OGLETHORPE | FOUNDED GEORGIA |
TUSCARORA WAR | FIGHTING 1711 BETWEEN SETTLERS AND THE TUSCAR NATIVES IN NORTH CAROLINA |
PLANTATION | A LARGE FARM |
CHARTER | AN OFFICIAL PAPER THAT GIVES PERMISSION TO START A COLONY |
CASH CROP | A CROP THAT IS GROWN TO BE SOLD |
FORT MOSE | SETTLEMENT IN SPANISH FLORIDA;FIRST SETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA FOR FREE AFRICANS |