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| The passage of slaves across the Atlantic. |
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| The person who is credited with developing the indigo crop in Carolina. |
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| The imaginary line where the land at higher elevations fall to the lower elevations. |
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| A 1739 slave Rebellion led by Jemmy. |
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| The regulation of trade to ensure that you export more than you import to increase profit for the mother country. |
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| The use of slave labor on large farms to produce cash crops that were sold at market for profit. |
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| The language and culture that developed in the rice plantations of SC. |
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| A method of granting an land to settlers depending upon the number of people in their families. |
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| Growing crops using the natural tide flows of the coastal rivers. |
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| The area from the coast to 50 miles inland where most rice and indigo plantations were located. |
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| A set of laws meant to limit the slaves and put them under tight control. |
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| The owner of a large plantation. |
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| The area west of the Low Country from 50 miles inland and beyond. |
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| Why was England interested in the colonies? |
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| England considered the colonies part of their country & felt like England should profit from them. |
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| Why was the rice nicknamed “Carolina Gold”? |
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| The rice was not white, but had a yellow-orange color and it made Carolina rice planters rich. |
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| Between 1699-1715, what happened to the Carolina Gold rice crop? |
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| It grew rapidly and became the most important cash crop in Carolina. |
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| Where did the rice planters learn a lot of the information on how to grow rice the best way? |
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| The African slaves brought their knowledge of rice growing over with them. |
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| During the early 1700s, the use of African slaves became a critical part of South Carolina's economy. Why? |
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| Growing rice and indigo on plantations required lots of labor. African slaves were brought in to supply a large and cheap labor force. |
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| Why was rice not a good crop for all of Carolina? |
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| It could only be grown along coastal rivers 12-16 miles from the ocean because of the tides. |
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| Why was the Low Country land more valuable than the land in the Back Country during the colonial period? |
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| The rivers in the Low Country were slow and easy to navigate which made it easy to transport goods to the market. |
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| What limited the wealth and population of the Back Country during the colonial period? |
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| The fall line made rivers in the Back Country too rough and rocky to sail on. |
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| Where did most of the slaves in a rice plantation come from and why? |
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| They came from West Africa because they already had experience growing rice. |
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| Why were the African tribal chiefs willing to participate in the Slave Trade? |
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| They were becoming wealthy and powerful while selling slaves from enemy tribes. |
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| What 2 crops were the biggest cash crops in Colonial Carolina? |
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| Why did the planters turn to using African slaves as their labor force? |
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| The Native American slaves died from disease and the indentured servants had to be replaced, so they needed a cheap and dependable labor force. |
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| How did the headright system affect slavery? |
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| It caused slavery to increase because a settler received land for any person he brought into the colony. So the more slaves you had, the more land you received. |
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| How was Carolina influenced by Barbados? |
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| The people of Barbados introduced the plantation system to the colony. |
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| Which of the following is an art-form brought to America by the African slaves? |
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| Slaves provided the _____________ on the plantations ? |
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| Why did ALL masters not treat their slaves badly? |
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Slaves were a huge investment, so some masters wanted to take decent care of them; Some masters believed they could get their slaves to work better with kindness than with cruelty; Slaves brought the knowledge & expertise about growing rice to the plantation, so they relied on them.
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| What was the comparison of whites to slaves in the Low Country and why is that important? |
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| There were more slaves than whites and the whites were worried about a slave revolt. |
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| Why was nothing done to limit the population of the slaves? |
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| The plantation system was making the colony too much money. |
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| Why did the Gullah culture develop? |
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| So that the African people from different languages could communicate with one another. |
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| What was the added benefit of the Gullah language? |
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| The slaves could talk in front of the white owners and he/she could often not understand them. |
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| Why were the slaves on Carolina rice plantations able to develop such a complex culture? |
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| They were often left alone because the white masters left to escape from the disease that was often prevalent on a rice plantation. |
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| What was the purpose of Slave Codes during the early years of South Carolina's settlement? |
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| To control the slaves and prevent them from rebelling against the plantation owners. |
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| Describe the events of the Stono Rebellion. |
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| A slave named Jemmy got a group of slaves together, they broke into a store and then went to several plantations, killing the owners and burning down the houses. |
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