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| Pitch and tar made from pine tree sap that was used to make ships watertight. |
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| A person who was given the exclusive rights to something; an “owner”. |
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| A crop that you make a lot of money from. |
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| The building materials the first houses in Charles Towne were built of. |
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| A rent paid to your leader. |
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| A worker who agreed to work for a certain number of years to pay for his/her voyage to America. |
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| The Lords’ Proprietor who successfully began the colony of Carolina. |
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| The first successful English colony in America was in ________________, Virginia. |
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| The noblemen and friends of the King who were given the charter for Carolina and permission to settle the land. |
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| The 1st site chosen for the colony of Charles Town—they did not follow Cooper’s plan and would later have to move. |
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| The new site of Charles Town after it was moved in 1679. |
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| The European country that would successfully settle America and Carolina. |
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| The 1st attempt at an English settlement which failed and is known as the “Lost” Colony. |
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| In 1584, a group attempted to form a colony in Roanoke. This group later disappeared. What happened to these colonists? |
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| Europeans came to America for many different reasons. One of the main reasons England was interested in forming colonies in America and the reason the 8 Lords’ Proprietors settling Carolina was that ___________? |
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| they wanted to profit from the new colonies. |
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| Who were the colonists who settled Massachusetts and why did they come? |
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| They were Puritans who wanted to purify the church and worship their religion freely. |
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| What were the original borders of "Carolina" according to the charter? |
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| South of Virginia, North of Florida, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. |
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| During the late 17th century and early 18th century, South Carolina was under the rule of the Lords Proprietors. Who were the Lords Proprietors? |
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| Men who received large areas of land from the King of England and they would be in control. |
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| Why were the people of Barbados interested in settling Carolina? |
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| Barbados is a small island and they needed a place to expand their large sugar plantations. |
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| Why did the Lords Proprietors want to settle Carolina with settlers from Barbados? |
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| The people in Barbados already had experience settling new land and they knew the hard work and skills necessary to build a colony. |
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| The city of Charleston sits between the Ashley River and the Cooper River. How did these two rivers get their names? |
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| They were named for the Lords’ Proprietor who successfully started the Carolina colony. |
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| What were the names of the 3 ships that were sent from England to settle Carolina? |
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| The Port Royal, Albemarle, and the Carolina |
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| The first permanent English settlement in Carolina was established in the year: |
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| 24. The first settlers were not only English, but came from many other nations as well, including France, Switzerland, Germany, Scotland, and Ireland. |
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| Aside from creating a timber industry, the pine forests in Carolina were a source of naval stores, such as pitch and tar. What were naval stores used for? |
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| Pitch and tar were used to seal ships and make them water-tight. |
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The Carolina colonists made money in many ways—name them.
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| Naval stores, deerskin and animal furs from the Native Americans, and cattle. |
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| The colonists in Carolina learned much of their cattle herding and ranching skills from ______________. |
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| African slaves who brought the skills with them from Africa where cattle herding was common. |
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| Overall, the relationship between the settlers of Carolina and the Native Americans was __________. |
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| Good for the most part, but the colonists did have a few minor conflicts & they took part in the Indian slave trade which made relations tense. |
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| When conflict did arise with the Native Americans, what issue was the leading cause of conflict? |
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| Encroaching on Indian lands |
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| What items were the Indians interested in getting from the English? |
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| Guns, powder, shot, rum and other metal tools and weapons |
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| What items were the English interested in getting from the Indians? |
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| Deerskins and animal furs—especially beaver fur |
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| Why was the colony moved to Oyster Point? |
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| Lord Ashley made them move because they had not followed his Grand Model and the colony was unorganized. |
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| Why was Oyster Point chosen as a good site to begin a colony? |
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| It was on coast which made it easy to get ships and supplies in and out and it was protected from storms. |
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| How the early government in Carolina would be set up? |
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| The Governor would be in charge of the Grand Council which was made up of men who were chosen by the Proprietors, the Carolina elite (gentry), and a small representation of the common people of the colony. |
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| Even though the Proprietors hoped to profit off of Carolina, why did Anthony Ashley Cooper ask them to invest in the colony for the first 4 years? |
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| When you start a business, most often in the beginning, you need investors to help you get started—later you will begin making money. |
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| (There is nothing on the back of this card). You need to be able to give me 3 specific facts from the book I read to you called "Eating Their Plates". This book was about the hardships of beginning a colony. |
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