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Why the Carolinas were created
Farming
Colonial Families
Extra Questions
Key Terms
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Who are the Carolinas named after?
The feminine version of King Charles II.
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What was the first successful cash crop?
Rice.
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What expectations did families have about their children?
Were to help on the farm.
100
What was the main port city?
Charleston.
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Someone who agreed to work without wages for the passage to the colonies.
Indentured Servant
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Charlestown was named after who?
King Charles II.
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What industry was most prosperous in the Carolinas?
Farming
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what were some of the problems associated with child birth?
Nearly half would die before adult hood.
200
Why did the Huguenots come to the Carolinas?
Because they were being kicked out of France.
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A large estate formed by many workers.
Plantations.
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Why were the Carolinas split into North and South Carolina?
South Carolina was where wealthier people lived, and North Carolina was were the poor farmers migrated from Virginia.
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How did Charleston thrive off of the Huguenots?
They farmed a lot.
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How many people were in the average colonial family?
nine to twelve people.
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Why were the women more likely then men to get married?
Because men out-numbered women.
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Proprietor
An owner of land.
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Why were the Carolinas named after King Charles II?
Because he is the founder of the Carolinas.
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What was another successful cash crop?
Tobacco.
400
How important were Colonial families?
They were the center of society.
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Why did Plantation slavery become popular?
Because they found out rice grew well in the swampy low lands, and were soon able to be traded all around the world.
400
Malaria
A disease carried by bugs.
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How many people where given land by King Charles II to establish the Carolinas.
Eight people.
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what plant was used to make a valuable dye?
Indigo.
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When did colonial men and women usually get married?
Mid 20's
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Where was malaria found?
In the marshy wet lands.
500
King Charles II
The founder of the Carolinas.