The Colonies
Vocab
Southern Economy
Slavery and Society
Chapter 7
100
Created by the Calverts to make money and for religious freedom
Maryland
100
person put in jail for owing money
debtor
100
Large farms that grew cash crops were called what
plantations
100
Why was slavery made legal?
more workers were needed on plantations
100
Why were colonists and Native Americans still having problems?
colonists were still taking Native Americans land
200
Colony created to give a home for debtors
Georgia
200
a written plan of government
constitution
200
The most important industry in the South was this.
farming
200
How did enslaved people keep their cultures alive?
they sang songs and told stories
200
What were the two reasons that the Calverts created Maryland?
to make money and as a safe place for Catholics
300
A southern colony that is controlled by the king of England
Virginia
300
person who owned a plantation
planter
300
In the southern part of the Southern Colonies, this cash crop grew well in the wet soil.
rice
300
The person that watched the slaves work was called this.
overseer
300
Who owned Virginia?
King of England
400
the land was given to the Lords Proprietors who owned this colony
North and South Carolina
400
someone hired to buy and sell goods for someone else
broker
400
This cash crop was used to make a blue dye used to make cloth.
Indigo
400
Many enslaved people escaped and were helped by these people
Native Americans
400
This was the area not settled by Europeans
backcountry
500
St. Mary's city was the colonies first settlement
Maryland
500
depending on one another for resources
interdependence
500
What were two industries, besides farming, that were important to the Southern Colonies.
fishing, lumber, ship making
500
What was the first settlement for free Africans in North America. (double points if you can tell me the year)
Fort Mose (1738)
500
What year was Carolina split into two colonies?
1712
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