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Colonization
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Indigo | Carolina cash crop used to make a blue dye; brought a high price in Europe |
| Cash Crop | a crop grown for a profit rather than for use by the grower |
| Slaves | replaced indentured servants; cheap labor and was usually for life |
| Eliza Lucas Pinckney | responsible for indigo becoming a successful cash crop in Carolina |
| Carolina Gold | rice grown in Carolina |
| Proprietors | invested money in the Carolina colony; controlled the government of Carolina |
| Pirates | illegally captured ships; hurt the economy of nations and cities with deep water harbors |
| Regulators | group of back country settlers who took the law into their own hands; vigilantes |
| Naval Stores | products used to build ships; major industry in the Carolinas |
| Proprietary Colony | a colony controlled by individuals; try to make a profit |
| Indentured Servants | Laborers who worked under a contract for a set amount of time |
| Parliament | had power to pass laws and collect taxes in England |
| Charter | gave the proprietors permission to establish Carolina Colony; given by the King |
| Stono Rebellion | large slave rebellion in Carolina; led to the passing of strict slave codes |
| Middle Passage | name given to the voyage made by African slaves to the New World |
| Mercantilism | close regulation of trade by the mother country; England's economic control over colonies |
| Headright System | offered settlers land in the colonies if they could pay for their trip; influenced indentured servants and slavery |
| Joint Stock Company | investors who provide money (invest) in the start of a colony in hopes of sharing in the profits |
| Quitrent | annual rent that Proprietors charged settlers on their land |
| Diverse; Diversity | having a great deal of variety |
| Subsistence Farming | colonists who had small farms where they grew enough food to meet their needs |
| Democracy | rule of the people |