Africans
in Early SC
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Cash Crops
Vocabulary
100

The trade route between Africa, Europe, and the Americas was called...

Triangle Trade Route (transatlantic slave trade)


100

What was the nickname for rice?

Carolina Gold

100
What were the 1st cash crops in SC?
Rice and indigo
100

Mercantilism

 an economic theory that focused on a nation's wealth and power, achieved by maximizing exports, minimizing imports to get wealth.

200

This term refers to the boat journey of slaves from Africa to the Americas.

Middle Passage

200
What was traded between Europe and Africa?

Manufactured goods

200
What was indigo used for?
A blue dye used in the textile industry; especially dressmaking
200

Smuggling

The illegal transportation of goods

300

These laws placed harsh restrictions on African Americans to prevent another slave revolt.

Slave Codes

300
The leader of the Stono Rebellion
Jemmy
300

Colonies were expected to produce ______ for the mother country.

Raw materials

300

Salutary Neglect

The policy of not enforcing trade laws.

400

List 2 causes of the Stono Rebellion.

Slave population outnumbered whites; harsh treatment of slaves; Spanish promised freedom in Florida

400

Carolina planters adopted a plantation system similar to one some of the settlers had used on this island, where they also got many of their slaves...

Barbados (Barbados Model)

400

This is the economic theory that colonies exist for the benefit of the mother country.

Mercantilism 

400

Tariff

Tax on imported goods

500

According to the slave codes, a person would be considered a slave if...

they were black or of mixed race, and their mother was a slave

500

Piracy and smuggling increased as a result of these laws.

The Navigation Acts

500

What role did Africans play in rice cultivation?

Taught Carolina planters to grow rice 

500
Subsidy

This is the term used for money paid by the government as an incentive to grow certain crops.

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