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Colonial Settlers
3rd grade SC standards
Term | Definition |
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Germans | Settlers who came for land. They settled in the back country and grew wheat. Known as "the breadbasket of the colony". |
European Jews | We came for religious freedom. We built a synagogue that is still there today. |
English from Barbados | We came for land to start rice and sugar plantations. We brought slaves to work on our plantations. We were very rich. |
Scots-Irish | We came for religious freedom. We settled in the upcountry. We always built a church first, then our town around it. |
Huguenots | We came from France for religious freedom and land. We started the SC Society to help children and the poor. |
colony | Land under the control of another country |
Lords Proprietors | The eight noblemen from England who were given land by the King of England to repay a debt. |
Ireland and Barbados | Where did the colonists stopped on their way to Carolina to learn how to start a new colony |
Fundamental Constitution | Laws written to get people to come to Carolina. (freedom of religion, free land, a say in government, can move up in society) |
cash crop | A crop grown to sell and make money. |
Royal Colonial Government | Government under the control of the King of England. |
Anthony Ashley Cooper | Wrote the Fundamental Constitution |