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Unit 2 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Slavery | is the forceful condition in which one human being owns another, they were considered property and are deprived of most of the rights ordinarily held by free persons |
| Institution | an established law, practice, or custom; that helps it operate and guidelines that must be followed in order for it to be successful |
| Cash Crop | a crop grown for money |
| Carolina Gold | rice grown in the Carolina’s |
| Middle Passage | it is the stretch of ocean between the North America, Europe and Africa it is where the African slaves made their voyage into the New World |
| West Indies | the small group of Caribbean islands off the coast of North America |
| Slave Codes | laws passed to restrict the freedoms and control the lives of the African slaves |
| Plantocracy | wealthy planters are in control and they control the economy, society, and government |
| Plantation System | large plots of land used to grow crops for cash and uses humans beings as a labor source known as slaves |
| Manumission | the freeing of slaves |
| Mercantilism | colonies only existed to benefit the mother country |
| Indigo | plant used to make a bluish-purple dye |
| Export | items or goods sent out |
| Import | items an goods brought in |
| Tariff | a tax on goods |
| Charter | is a document granting special rights to a person or group; or granting a person or group ownership of an item or place |
| Lord Proprietors | these were the chosen owners or managers of the land in the New World |
| Deputies | these were individuals selected by the Lord Proprietors to act on their behalf when they were not in the colony |
| Low Country | this is the area in South Carolina where the wealthy lived as well as the location of many plantations |
| Back Country | this is the area in South Carolina were many small farmers and poor people lived |
| John Locke | was an English philosopher |
| Quitrent | rent charged annually to settlers |
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