| Term | Definition |
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How do you make money in the south |
Farming and trading: Cotton and tobacco |
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What do you have a lot of in the south? |
Slaves |
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Why do you need slaves? |
To work the fields and plantation |
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Indigo |
plant that can be used for dying clothes -- dark blue |
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Crops and farming in the south |
rice, corn, tobacco, pigs, indigo |
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Harbors or ports |
for trading |
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Charleston |
port city named after the King |
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Why did indentured servants leave |
the large amount of land in Americas -- to easy to start their own farms |
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Bacon rebellions showed |
that white farmers could not be keep on plantations |
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Why couldn't use native americas |
most died from european diseases or could escape |
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How many enslaved africans are there in the south |
40% |
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Eliza Lucas |
introduces indigo to farming |
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When you combine cotton and dyes |
you get multi colored coloring |
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Tyrant |
harsh mean ruler |
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overseers |
someone who watches the slaves |
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Stono Rebellion |
Slaves kill their masters and attempt to escape to Florida and Spain for freedom. |