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Southern Colonies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| naval stores | articles or materials used in shipping (ships) |
| toleration act | An act of 1689 granting freedom of worship to dissenters on certain conditions (real purpose was to unite all Protestants under William III against the deposed Roman Catholic James II) |
| indigo | a tropical plant of the pea family, which was formerly widely cultivated as a source of dark blue dye |
| rural | a countryside (EX. granger) |
| urban | a city or town EX. new york, chicago) |
| tide water | water brought by tides |
| middle passage | sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to West Indies |
| slave codes | sets of laws during the colonial period that denied slaves their rights (freedom and land) |
| BIG THREE CROPS? | indigo, tobacco, rice |
| joint-stock company | a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders |
| charter | a written grant by a country's legislative or sovereign power, by which an institution such as a company, college, or city is created and its rights and privileges defined |
| plantations | an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor |
| indentured servant | a labor system whereby young people paid for their passage to the New World by working for an employer for a certain number of years |
| burgesses | a person with municipal authority or privileges, in particular |
| royal colony | a type of colonial administration of the British overseas territories. Crown, or royal, colonies were ruled by a governor appointed by the monarch. |
| who is john smith? | Virginia, Admiral of New England, was an English soldier, explorer, and author |
| reasons founded for Virginia (Jamestown)? | expand trade |
| who is Cecil Calvert? | Maryland, he first Proprietor and Proprietary Governor of the Province of Maryland, a leader, George's son |
| who is George Calvert? | Maryland, 1st Baron Baltimore was an English politician and colonizer. He achieved domestic political success as a Member of Parliament, land owner, father of Cecil |
| reasons founded for Maryland? | profit from selling land, religious freedom |
| religion of Maryland? | Roman Catholic |
| leaders of North&South Carolina? | 8 aristocrats |
| reasons founded for North&South Carolina? | profit from selling land and trade |
| who was James Oglethorpe? | a British general, member of Parliament, philanthropist, founder of the colony Georgia |
| reasons founded for Georgia? | religious freedom, protection against Spanish Florida, home for debtors |
| religion of Georgia? | freedom of all except Catholic |
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