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Social Studies

Social Studies Southern Colonies Vocabulary

TermDefinition
constitution- a written plan of government
debtors- people who had been put in prison for owing money
backcountry- what the settlers called the land beyond, or “in the back of” the area settled by Europeans
planter- plantation owner
overseer- a person hired by plantation owners to watch enslaved people as they work
indigo- the dye produced by plants to use in the cloth making process
interdependence- depending on another for economic resources
broker- a person who is paid to buy and sell for someone else
Calverts- the family that started Maryland Colony
Toleration Act- gave religious freedom to all Christians in Maryland colony
Lords Proprietors- the eight English leaders of the Carolina Colony
James Oglethorpe- founded Georgia
Great Wagon Road- immigrants and settlers followed this Native American trail west with their wagons
Tuscarora War- fighting 1711 between settlers in North Carolina and Tuscarora Native Americans
plantation- a large farm
charter- an official paper in which certain rights are given by a government to a person, group, or business
proprietary colony- a colony owned and ruled by one person who was chosen by the king or queen
cash crop- a crop that people grow to sell
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