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Settling SC
Settling English America (South Carolina)
Question | Answer |
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Charter | OFFICIAL PERMISSION TO OPERATE SOMETHING, SUCH AS A COLONY OR CORPORATION |
Indentured Servants | ONE WHO AGREED TO WORK FOR A LANDOWNER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS IN EXCHANGE FOR THE LANDOWNER PAYING HER OR HIS PASSAGE TO AMERICA |
Slaves | A PERSON WHO IS CONSIDERED PROPERTY OF OTHERS WITH FEW RIGHTS |
Proprietary Colony | COLONY THAT WAS GOVERNORED BY A PROPRIETOR OR A GROUP OF PROPRIETORS WHO MUST PAY THE KING FOR THE LAND GRANTED |
Eight Lord’s Proprietors | 8 SUPPORTERS TO WHOM KING CHALRES II OF ENGLAND GAVE A GRANT TO ESTABLISH A COLONY THAT INCLUDED THE LAND OF SC |
Albemarle Pointe | 1670- 1st PERMANENT ENGLISH SETTLEMENT IN SOUTH CAROLINA LOCATED IN CHARLESTOWN HARBOR |
Lord Ashley Cooper | ONE OF THE 8 PROPRIETORS WHO HAND AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN CREATING THE COLONY OF CHARLESTOWN |
Headright | METHOD OF GRANTING AN AMOUNT OF LAND TO SETTLERS DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THEIR FAMILIES |