8-1.4 & 8-1.5 Vocab. Quiz Review

On September 9, 1739, there was a large slave uprising in South Carolina 20 miles southwest of Charleston in 1739 during which S.C. Slaves gathered, raided a firearms shop, and headed south, killing more than 20 people as they went. Stono Rebellion

The basic material from which a product is manufactured or made. Raw Materials

A comprehensive slave law making it illegal for slaves to move abroad, assemble in groups, raise food, earn money, and learn to read English. Slave owners were also permitted to kill rebellious slaves if necessary. Negro Act of 1740

Ship goods out of a country to another country Export

These products were gotten from pine trees and were used as a source for products such as resin, pitch and tar and were used in maintaining wooden ships. Naval Stores

Farm products  grown for direct sale in a market Cash Crop

An imbalance in the population in which the minority, African slaves outnumbered whites by large numbers in many areas of South Carolina, and this raised concerns about controlling the slave population. Population Imbalance

As a result of the Stono Rebellion, laws restricting slaves, that were originally brought from Barbados, were strengthened. Slave Codes

Bring in goods from a foreign country Import

Finished goods for sale that were made from raw materials, and were things such as furniture, china, glass, and clothing Manufactured Goods

A food that forms the basis of a traditional diet Staple Crop

The stage of the triangular trade in which millions of people from Africa were taken from their homes forcefully and were shipped across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade. The Middle Passage

Economic system based on the belief that a government can make a nation more prosperous by regulating trade and using tariffs and other protective measures to achieve a balance of more exports and less imports. Mercantilism

financial assistance Subsidy

An unofficial and long-lasting 17th & 18th century British policy of being lax in strict enforcement of parliamentary laws, meant to keep the American colonies obedient to England. Salutary Neglect

Consists of the economic systems of a country or other area; the labor, capital and land resources; and the manufacturing, production, trade, distribution, and consumption of goods and services of that area. Economy

Was both a spoken language and the shared culture of Africans that developed in the Sea Islands off the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia, where it is called Geechee. Gullah

Plant was used as a blue dye for clothing and other textiles and would become a major cash crop in South Carolina Indigo

This rice crop was grown in the swampy, Low Country coastal areas of South Carolina and would become a staple crop on large plantations and would require much labor to harvest and cultivate it. Carolina Gold