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Southern Colonies
Chapter 7 Lessons 1,2, and 3
| Vocabulary and People | Definitions |
|---|---|
| Constitution | A written plan of government |
| debtors | people who have been put in prison for owing money |
| backcountry | area beyond or outside of the area settled by Europeans |
| George Calvert | Also known as Lord Baltimore asked King Charles I for a charter for a new colony along the Chesapeake Bay. |
| Cecilius Calvert | George Calvert's oldest son who set up the new colony and named in Maryland. |
| James Oglethorpe | Set up a colony in Georgia using debtors as colonists |
| planter | Another name for plantation owners |
| overseer | The person in charge of watching over the enslaved workers |
| indigo | A plant used to produce a blue dye for coloring clothes |
| interdependence | Depending on one another for economic resources |
| broker | A person who is paid to buy and sell for someone else. |
| Eliza Lucas Pinckney |