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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| constitution | Foundational Government Document |
| debtor | One who owes money to a lender |
| backcountry | "in back of" the area settled by Europeans |
| George Calvert | Lord Baltimore, Requested Charter from King Charles I |
| Cecilius Calvert | George Calvert's eldest son |
| James Oglethorpe | sent English debtors to make a new colony |
| Maryland | Traveled to by many new colonists |
| Virginia | Was separated from Maryland from the Chesakeap bay |
| North Carolina | Was split by lord proprietors |
| South Carolina | Was split by lord proprietors |
| Georgia | Claimed by England and France and Spain |
| planter | A plantation owner |
| overseer | Hired to watch slaves |
| Spanish Florida | A refuge to free Africans |
| Fort Mose | Became the first settlement in North America for free Africans |
| Indigo | a dye from indigo plants |
| Interdependence | need someone to help you |
| Broker | someone who is paid to buy or sell for someone else |
| Eliza Lucus Pinckney | experimented with indigo plants |
| Charles Town | a trade colony |
| Baltimore | founded in 1729 on the patapsco river |
| Wilmington | was helped by forests and trade |