CHAPTER 7

A person who was put in prison for owing money is a _______.

debtor

The land beyond, or “in back of” was called the ____>

backcountry

A hired person who watches enslaved people as they work is called a _______.

overseer

A group of people who rely on each other is _______.

interdependence

A person who is paid to buy and sell for someone else is a ______.

broker

A written plan of government is called ______.

constitution

Who founded Maryland?

Lord Baltimore

What was the name of the act that gave religious freedom to the people of Maryland?

Toleration Act

Where did most enslaved people work?

plantations

Where was the first settlement in North America for free Africans located?

Spanish Florida

What was the main cash crop grown in Maryland?

tobacco

What was the main cash crop in South Carolina?

rice

What was the capital of the Virginia Colony?

Williamsburg

In the original colony of Carolina, most of the governing power belonged to ____.

The proprietors and the king

The most successful plantations were located ______.

On rivers and by ports

What was the name of the first settlement of free Africans?

Fort Mose

The owner of a plantation is a _________.

planter

Catholics found refuge in _____.

Maryland

Carolina Gold was a name given to _________.

rice

__________ came up with the idea of settling Georgia with debtors from English prisons.

James Oglethorpe

Name three ways enslaved Africans resisted?

Worked slowly pretended to be sick Broke tools

What were the two main reasons that eh Calvert family founded the colony of Maryland?

To make money and to have a refuge for Catholics

Why was it necessary to divide Carolina?

It was too large to govern.