Quizlet Ch5 Vocab

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  1. Capital: Seat of Goverment for a state of nation; money that is invested to build more wealth
  2. Compromise: A way of settling disagreements in which each side gives away a little in its demands
  3. Conrtact: An official, legally binding writtin agreement
  4. Dissenters: In the late 1600s, Protestants who were not members of the Angican church
  5. Established Church: The Alglican church which many dissenters feared the assembly would make the official church of SC
  6. Faction: A small, united group with in a larger group
  7. Governor: The head of a colony or state
  8. Headright Method: A method of grantong an amount of land to settlers depanding on the number of people in their families
  9. Immigrant: One who makes to a new colony or country to settle there
  10. Juror: A citizen who is chosen to serve on a jury and make a decision about a case brought before the jury
  11. Lords Proprietors: 8 supporters to whom King Charles II of England gave a grant to esabish a colony that included land that later bacame SC
  12. Majority: More than half
  13. Milltia: A miliatary force composed mainly of citizens
  14. Naval Stores: Pitch and tar made from pinetrees and used to make ships water-tight
  15. Parish: A church district
  16. Quitrant: An annual rent or tax paid be the settlers to the Lords Proprietors for land granted by them
  17. Sounds: Long, broad inlets along the coast of NC
  18. Staple Crop: A crop that most people eat or are able to use
  19. Status Quo: The current state of affairs
  20. The Roestoration: An event that took place on May 8, 1660, when Charles II, bacame King of England and had a major impact on the serrlement of SC