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Vocabulary
Georgia
Carolinas
Maryland
Plantations
100
plantation owner
planter
100
Who was the colony named after?
King George II
100
Why did the Carolinas split?
The overpopulation of people became difficult to govern
100
Maryland's cash crop is...
tobacco
100
Factors that influenced the area plantations were settled are...
rich soil and nearby waterways
200
low-lying piece of land
tidewater
200
Who was the proprietor?
James Oglethorpe
200
Name South Carolina's cash crops.
indigo and rice
200
Why did people want to colonize Maryland?
to find religious refuge
200
Which crops grew on plantations
indigo, rice, and tobacco
300
a person that buys and sells for another person
broker
300
Oglethorpe wanted to help__________ escape horrible prison conditions in England.
debtors
300
Why did South Carolina landowners brin enslaved African to the colony?
to farm the land of indigo plants
300
What family started the Maryland colony?
Calverts
300
On plantations, laws forbade slaves from learning to....
read and write
400
a person who was put in prison for owing money
debtor
400
Oglethorpe did not life conflict so he did not allow __________ and ___________ in his colony.
trading with indians and slaves
400
What was Eliza Lucas Pinckney's contribution to South Carolina?
indigo plants
400
Maryland Assembly made a law that all Christians can worhsip as they pleased. Name this law.
Toleration Act
400
Name and describe the two kinds of slaves
field: worked hard at cropping in the field house: cooked, cleaned, ate food same as planter's family, clothed.
500
religious songs sung by slaves for strength
spirituals
500
What did Oglethorpe offer settlers to bring debtors over to America.
an extra 50 acres of land
500
Which crops did colonists first try to grow but failed when moving to the Carolinas?
grapes, cotton, and tobacco
500
George Calvert died two months before his charter was finalized. Who received the charter?
Celicius Calvert
500
All servants were not as privileged as indentured servants. Identify some conditions those servants endured?
kidnapped and forced to work to pay off crimes