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SS 8th Grade Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sudsidies | an extra payment or bonus |
| Bufferzone | would protect SC from Spanish FL |
| Debtor | one who owes money to others, cannot pay and is then sent to prison |
| Tidewater | the Low Country; an area along the coast where the level of the rivers rise and falls with the tides |
| Planters | the owners of large plantations |
| Exported | sent for saale |
| Subsistence Farmers | small farmers who grew just enough crops to survive |
| Regulaters | people who try to provide law and order for the reigon |
| Vigilantess | citizens who try to provide just when there are no courts |
| Confederation | a union of people or states of nations |
| Treaty | a formal agreement between two or more nations |
| Ally | a person, group, or country that forms on association with another for their mutual benefit |
| Embargo | when you stop all trade with the Indians |
| Oppression | the continual cruel and unjust treatment |
| Slave Code | put the slaves under tight control |
| Tutor | private teacher |
| Tution | a fee for instruction |
| Societies | provided schools for the children of people who belonged to their girl |
| Illiterate |