Ch 6 voc (Soc. studies 8th) Guillory
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angie-charles on February 13, 2012
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Soc. Studies (Mrs. Guillory) 8th
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Colony | a group of people who settle in a distant land but who still keep their ties to their native land |
| Proprietorship | a system that gave an individual a charter (or contract) to operate a colony as a business |
| Superior Council | a group existing during the French colonial period that was in charge of judicial matters and was presided over by the commissary commissioner |
| Land grant | a parcel of land given to the directors of the Company of the West under the condition that they bring settlers to the colony |
| Mississippi Bubble | the collapse of the French investment company, the Company of the West |
| Slave | a person who is bound to life of service to others and who is considered property |
| Plantation | a large estate or farm |
| Code Noir | a set of laws governing the conduct of the slaves during the French colonial period |
| Casket girls | young women who came to Louisiana in 1728 to become wives of the settlers; they young women brought their trousseaus in a casket, or barrel-like chest |
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