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Ch. 1, 2
Native Americans and Colonies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cherokee | Matrilineal society in the Blue Ridge Mtns. |
| Catawba | Matrilineal society- very powerful, skilled fishermen |
| Yamassee | Men and women were chiefs- main crop is corn |
| Triangle Trade | 3 continents apart of this are: Africa, Europe, North America |
| Middle Passage | Second part of the triangle trade- involves transporting enslaved Africans to the colonies |
| Jamestown | First permanent English colony- survived Starving Time |
| House of Burgesses | First elected group of lawmakers in British North America- representative government |
| Cecelius Calvert | founder of Catholic colony, Maryland |
| Barbados | Wealthy sugar planters- move to SC to continue making money |
| Proprietary Colony | A colony controlled by 1+ proprietors- SC was one originally |
| Royal Colony | A colony controlled by the King of England |
| SC Cash Crops | The two main crops were rice and indigo |
| NC Cash Crops | The two main crops were tobacco and corn |
| Georgia | Founded as a buffer state to protect SC from France and Spain- grew tobacco, rice, and indigo |
| James Olgethorpe | Founder of Georgia |
| Proprietor | Owner of property or business |
| Navigation Acts | Series of laws restricting trade- colonies can only trade with England from goods on English ships |
| Anthony Ashley Cooper | Funded a voyage to SC for settlers- offered free land, religious freedom, and a voice |
| Carolina | Name of the only successful boat to bring SC settlers |
| John Locke | Helped AAC write South Carolina's Constitution (FCC) |
| Oyster Point | Location of Charles Town colony- located in between Ashley and Cooper river |
| Example of SC diversity | Barbadians, Africans, Jews, Germans, Welsh, French, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, and Swedish |
| Plantocracy | Economy and government controlled by the planters |
| Colony of a Colony | Nickname given to SC because of it's closeness to Barbados |
| Sugarcane | Barbados' main crop |
| Parish System | Local government centered around the church |
| Native American Trade | Key to SC's survival as a colony |
| Native American Enslavenemt | Banned by the Proprietors- colonists didn't listen |
| Tar | Along with Rosin, Pitch, and Turpentine helped fix boats |
| Naval Stores | "Boat maintenance"- England offered a bounty for colonists to build these |
| Carolina Gold | Nickname for Rice- SCs greatest export |
| Indigo | SCs second greatest export |
| Eliza Lucas Pinckney | Created the perfect strand of indigo |
| Quarantine | Time period that enslaved Africans were held in Sullivan's Island to prevent spread of disease |
| Task System | A checklist of jobs for enslaved people and once complete could do other things |
| Gang System | For tobacco and sugar plantations- very oppressive- worked in groups from dawn til dusk |
| Slave Codes of 1740 | Confirmed that enslaved people were considered property |
| Stono Rebellion | Led by Jemmy- slaves burned houses and plantations as they tried to escape to St. Augustine, Fl. |
| Fundamental Constitution of Carolina | Written by Anthony Ashley Cooper and John Locke- allowed for religious freedom |
| Headright System | Granted white men 50-150 acres of land per every person in their family |
| Faction | Group with different ideas than the larger group |
| Goose Creek Men | From Barbados, Anglican, wealthy, greedy, opposed the Proprietors |
| Dissenters | Against the Anglican Church |
| Anglican Church | Church of England |
| Carolina Split | NC liked smaller farming and were mostly from VA |
| Yamassee War | Unhappy from unfair treatment- fought the colonists who had help from Cherokee |
| Cherokee War | After an embargo, fought the colonists and lost |
| Embargo | Official ban on trade with a country |
| Vigilante | Self-appointed citizens that enforce laws with the legal ability to do so |
| Regulator Movement | Fought crime in the backcountry of SC to bring peace |
| Moderators | Violent group trying to stop the Regulator movement |
| Circuit Court Act | Law that provided sheriffs, judges, courts, and jails to the back country of SC |