A | B |
Arable | Suitable for plowing |
Capacious | Able to hold or contain much; roomy or spacious |
Creolization | The blending of several cultures and languages created from long-lasting and persistent contact among different cultures |
Fur Trade | the first profitable business for early Carolinians. Trade with Narive Indians |
Gullah | A culture comprised of communities of blacks |
Hugenots | Any French Protestants of the 16th or 17th century. |
Madagascar | A small island off the southeast coast of Africa, thought by some to be the origin of rice culture in the Carolinas. |
medley | A mixture of things not usually placed together, especially a grouping musical works. |
Navigation Acts | English laws governing navigation and trade. |
Rice | Starchy seeds or grains of annual march grass. The largest commercial crop in 17th and 18th century Carolina prior to cotton. |
Scots-Irish | A person from Scotland living in Ireland; especially Scottish Protestants sent by the English crown to settle in Catholic Northern Ireland. |
Senegambia | A rice-producing region in western Africa. |
Sovereign | A person who possesses superior powr, rank or authority. |
Townships | A unit of territory or administration; town. |
Yemassee uprising | Warfare with the Yemassees and later Creek Indians which destroyed most of the colony of SC |