Room 109 Southern Colonies Page 194
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 CONSTITUTION | A written plan of government |
| DEBTOR | A person who was put in prison for owing money |
| PLANTER | A plantation owner |
| INDIGO | A plant from which a blue dye can be produced |
| BROKER | A person who is paid to buy and sell for someone else |
| NAVAL STORES | Products used to build ships |
| CECILIUS CALVERT | 1605-1675 Established the Maryland Colony |
| JAMES OGLETHORPE | 1696-1785 English leader who founded the Georgia Colony |
| OLAUDAH EQUIANO | 1750?-1797 Former enslaved person who bought his freedom and later wrote a book about his life |
| ELIZA LUCAS PINCKNEY | 1722?-1793 South Carolina colonist who experimented with growing indigo plants |
| FORT MOSE | 1738 First free African settlement in North America |
| MARYLAND | Founded as a Catholic colony, named for Queen Henrietta Maria, Queen Consort of Charles I of England |
| VIRGINIA | First English Colony in the New World, named after Queen Elizabeth I of England |
| NORTH CAROLINA | Founded by Lord Proprietors. Named after King Charles II of England (Raleigh) |
| SOUTH CAROLINA | Founded by Lord Proprietors. Named after King Charles II of England (Columbia) |
| GEORGIA | Founded as a colony for debtors. Named for king George II of England |
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