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The Beginning
Economy
Labor Force
This and That
100
Rice and indigo were these kinds of crops for the colony.
What are staple crops (cash crops)?
100
The Carolina colony was named in honor of this king.
Who is Charles II?
100
Under mercantilism, the colonies send these to the Mother Country.
What are raw materials?
100
Because rice and indigo were labor intensive crops, this group provided the labor.
What are slaves?
100
The earliest settlers in Carolina came from this island in the West Indies.
What is Barbados?
200
This word means having great variety
What is diverse?
200
The king granted the right to settle Carolina to a group of eight men called this.
What is the Lords Proprietors?
200
This cash crop was nicknamed "Carolina Gold".
What is rice?
200
The African slaves came from this rice-growing region of Africa.
What is West Africa?
200
The coastal region of Carolina was perfect for growing rice because it had these.
What are swamps and tidal rivers?
300
Pitch and tar are called this.
What are naval stores?
300
This is the year that the settlers landed on Albemarle Point.
What is 1670?
300
Through trade with the Indians, settlers were able to send this valuable commodity to England.
What are deerskins?
300
The route of the slave ships across the Atlantic was called this.
What is Middle Passage?
300
The colonists in Carolina did not grow this crop for sale because it was already being grown in Virginia and Maryland.
What is tobacco?
400
A reward or payment is called this. An example would be the one paid on indigo.
What is a bounty?
400
Colonists in Carolina had these two rights. (Name one!)
What is right to trial by jury? or freedom of religion?
400
This second staple crop produces a bluish-purple dye.
What is indigo?
400
The African slaves were sold here.
What is at auction?
400
Land in Carolina was given out according to this method; meaning that a set number of acres was awarded for each person in the household.
What is headright method?
500
This word means to separate from others; usually because of disease.
What is quarantine?
500
The settlers built a wooden wall called this to protect the settlement.
What is a palisade?
500
The British encouraged the production of indigo and naval stores by paying this.
What is a bounty?
500
Slaves were quarantined on this island so they could be checked for diseases.
What is Sullivan's Island?
500
The African culture in South Carolina is called this.
What is Gullah?