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Southern Colonies
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Refruge | A safe place |
| Royal Colony | A colony controlled by the King |
| Proprietary Colony | A colony controlled by a proprietor (person or group of people) |
| Toleration Act | Act passed in Maryland that gave religious freedom to all Christians |
| Constitution | A written plan of goverment |
| Debtors | People who had been put in prison for owing money |
| Backcountry | What settlers called the land beyond, or "in the back of" the area settled by Europeans |
| Great Wagon Road | Native American trail used by settlers to travel into the backcountry with loaded wagons |
| 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 |