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Chapter 7 Social Studies Studyguide

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What is the name for a person who agreed to work for another person without pay for a certain length of time in exchange for passage to North America?Indentured servant.
What was Eliza Lucas Pinckney known for?Developing a type of indigo.
What was James Oglethorpe purpose for founding the Georgia colony?Give debtors a new start.
In 1699, where did Virginia move its capital to?Williamsburg.
Why did the Calvert family of England want to build a colony in North America?Provide a refuge for Catholics and to make a profit.
What were the cash crops raised on southern plantations?Rice, indigo, and tobacco.
What is an overseer?People hired to watch over enslaved field workers to be certain that they worked quickly.
What is an apprentice?A young person who learns a job by working with a skilled and experienced worker.
Where did many enslaved Africans escape to?Fort Mose in Spanish, Florida.
What colony is Wilmington in?North Carolina, shipped naval stores.
What colony is Baltimore in?Maryland, center for shipbuilding.
What colony is Norfolk in?Virginia, shipped naval stores.
What colony is Charles Town in?South Carolina, Charles Town the largest city in Southern Colonies
What colony is Savannah in?Georgia, Savannah is the chief port of Georgia.
Fact or Opinion, Maryland was founded by the Calverts, a family of wealthy English merchants.Explain why this is a fact or an opinion.
What is a written plan of government for the colonies?constitution
People who were in prison for owing money?debtors
What is a low-lying land along a coast?tidewater
What is the name of a person who is paid to buy and sell for someone else?broker
What do you call a person that watches over field-workers and to punishes them if they didn't work as hard or as fast as the owner wantedoverseer
What was the most profitable cash crop produced by the Georgia colony?rice
Why were there few community schools in Southern Colonies?The people lived so far apart.
Why did Planters start building their plantations farther up the river?The crops like tobacco ruined the fertile soil.
What is a statement that can be checked and proved?Fact
What is a statement that tells what a person thinks or believes?Opinion
Bonus Point: When is the next Holy Day of Obligation honoring our Blessed Mother Mary?The Holy Day of Obligation is......
Bonus Point:When does Lent begin in 2013Ash Wednesday begins on___


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