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Ss4 Lesson 7 Chapters 1-3 > Quiz > Flashcards

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1
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What is a constitution?

A

A plan of government for a colony that is written.

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What is indigo?

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A blue dye.

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What is a debtor? Pronounced detor.

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A person who went to prison for owning money.

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What is a planter?

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A farmer that owns space to plant crops. Normally this was a rich person.

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What is tidewater?

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Low-lying land along the coast.

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What is a broker?

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A person that is paid to buy/sell goods for others.

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What is an auction?

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Public sale.

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What is an overseer?

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They watched the field slaves, and were punished if they didn’t work hard enough.

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What is a spiritual?

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A song sung by slaves to help them through hardships and express their religious beliefs.

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What is a public service?

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Someone that does a job to help your community or society as a whole.

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What is an apprentice?

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A person that lives with another family to learn a skill.

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What is a county seat?

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The main seat of a county.

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13
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What is a county?

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A large part of the colony.

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What is an indentured servant?

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A person that agrees to do work for someone else for a certain amount of time for a passage to North America.

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Why was selling crops for profit important to the success of the southern colonies?

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Cash crops provided the southern colonies with the money needed to survive and prosper.

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Use planter and tidewater in a sentence.

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Planters built plantations on the tidewater because of the rich soil and waterways that were good for transportation.

17
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Why were spirituals important to enslaved people?

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Spirituals helped enslaved people to get through hardships and express their religion beliefs.

18
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What were the consequences of planting tobacco?

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Planters have to keep cleaning more and more land because crops such as tobacco ruined the soil in only a few years.

19
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What helped Wilmington grow and prosper?

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Immigrants helped Wilmington grow and prosper. Another thing that help it grow, coastal towns, and, the location on Cape fear River helped it grow and prosper.

20
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What happened in 1670?

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In 1670 Charles town became the center of life in South Carolina.

21
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What are economic reasons that made colonists live in Wilmington?

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Economic reasons that made colonists settle in Wilmington North Carolina was because there was fertile soil and a lot of trees.

22
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What advantages and disadvantage of building towns in North Carolina and South Carolina?

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The advantages were: there were lots of dances, concerts, and music. The disadvantages: there was an insect infestation.

Ss4 Lesson 7 Chapters 1-3 (3 decks)

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