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Unit 1: Settlement
8th Grade SC History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| indigenous people | people who are native to a particular area. |
| Catawba | "River people" who lived in the Piedmont region of South Carolina |
| Cherokee | lived in the foothills and mountains of South Carolina, called them- selves the "real people". Had a white leader in times of peace and a red leader in times of war |
| Yemassee | originally from Florida, lived along the coast during the summer, everyday diet of clams and oysters |
| enslavement | to make someone the property of another person |
| colony | a place where settlers established control and reported back to the mother country. |
| region | an area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries. |
| economy | the wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services. |
| Rule of Law | a principle under which all persons, institutions, and entities are accountable to laws that are: Publicly promoted. Equally enforced. Independently adjudicated. |
| representative government | a type of government comprised of politicians who represent certain individuals or groups. |
| self-government | a system in which the citizens of a country (or smaller political unit, such as a state) rule themselves and control their own affairs. |
| Virginia House of Burgesses | First elected legislative assembly in the New World that was established in Virginia |
| Mayflower Compact | Established a democratic society where people formed the government of the New England colonies |
| cash crops | a crop grown to sell, not for the grower to use. |
| religious freedom/tolerance | an attitude of acceptance and open-mindedness, especially toward opinions or behavior that one does not agree with. |
| plantations | large pieces of land used to grow cash crops with slave labor. |
| diaspora | the dispersal of any people from their original homeland. |
| Hernando Cortes | Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | One of the first English explorers to attempt to make an English Settlement in the new world. tried 2x and named Virginia after Queen Elizabeth I |
| Christopher Columbus | Italian, but he sailed for Spain; Got financial backup from the King & Queen of Spain; he was the first to discover the "New World"' and believed that he could sail around the world and reach India. Opened way to Spanish conquest and colonization. |
| Lord Ashley Cooper | First Earl of Shaftesbury, was the leader of a group of men who worked to restore Charles II to the throne. He was rewarded with becoming one of the 8 Lords Proprietors of Carolina and is credited with the success of the South Carolina colony. |
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