Kaitlin-History southern colonists
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- James Oglethorpe
- a wealthy member of the English government
- House of Burgesses
- an assembly of representatives
- Tomochichi
- the chief of the Yamacraw
- Act Concerning Religion
- an act which allowed Catholics and Protestants to practice their religion freely
- Robert "King" Carter
- Owned about 1000 enslaved workers
- plantation
- a large farm that was owned by a wealthy family, but dependent on enslaved workers
- George Calvert
- an English noble aka Lord Baltimore
- extended family
- a large family
- proprietor
- the owner of property or a business
- overseer
- a person hired to be the boss of a plantation
- John Punch
- a black indentured servant
- Margaret Brent
- the new woman to be in charge of governor Calvaert's land and money
- slave code
- laws made by colonial planters which controlled the livesof enslaved Africans
- backcountry
- a rocky land between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains
- indigo
- a plant used to make blue dye
- established church
- an official church
- Eliza Lucas Pinckney
- found a way to grow indigo successfully in land too dry for rice
- debtor
- a person who owes money