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A set of laws drafted by the eight Lord Proprietors of the province of South Carolina on March 1, 1669. It gave the colonists a very limited role in self-government and established the Proprietors as the highest of the social classes. These laws were largely unsuccessful and had to be amended many times.

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Quitrents were annual payments of land given to Proprietors and later given to the British government. They were designed to create immediate colonization among the poor.

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Barbados was a British colony first settled in 1625. It is most important for it's sugar. The colony was first established as a proprietary colony and settled by Sir William Courten

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A type of British colony mostly used in North Carolina. They were owned and divided by a Proprietor, who was granted the land by a figure of royalty. These types of colonies were used to fill up space quickly and establish a self-governed colony quickly and effectively.

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A lord who has authority over a proprietary colony by virtue of an english monarch. They divided the land and exercised their authority. He governed the land and appointed the members of his government.

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The pilgrims were a group of extreme Puritans who were very critical on the belief that they needed to separate or destroy the Church of England. A group of them settled in present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts.

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A branch of Christians who believed that everyone can have a direct and personal relationship with God. They were first established in the mid-1600s.

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A group of former English Protestants in the 1500s and 1600s who sought to "purify" and reform the Church of England because they believed it was corrupt.

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A document that stated the King of England had to follow the law and was not above it and it greatly limited the power of the King. It was signed by King John on June 19, 1215 and gave individual freedom to citizens.

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The first agreement for a self established government in the Americas. Signed aboard the Mayflower on September 16, 1620.

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The colonies below the middle colonies. They include modern day South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, and Maryland. They experienced a warm and damp climate which was excellent for growing crops like tobacco, rice, and indigo.

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The colonies between the New England and southern colonies. Consisted of warm summers and cold winters and produced mainly textile and agricultural goods.

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The colonies above the middle colonies. They include modern day Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. They experienced frigid winters and mild summers and produced ships, lumber, fish, and livestock.

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The first democratically elected legislative assembly in the American colonies. First met in July 1619 in Jamestown, Virginia.

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Men and women who signed a contract for transportation to Virginia, food, and shelter in exchange for a certain number of years of labor.

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Created in 1618 in Jamestown, Virginia to address the labor shortage and to attract new settlers. It gave colonists already residing in Virginia two tracts of land. New settlers who paid there way over would get one tract of land as well as wealthy people who paid for poorer people looking for a way over.

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The first permanent settlement in the Americas. Settled in Virginia by the British in 1607.

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A French settlement on Parris Island, SC. Settled in 1562 and abandoned later in 1563. The Second attempt to create a permanent settlement in SC.

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The third attempt to create a permanent settlement in SC by the Spanish on Parris Island. Built on the French's failed settlement in Charlesfort. Established in 1565 to combat the French's Fort Caroline, it failed in 1587 due to Native american attacks.

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Settled in 1670 by English colonists, Charles Town was one of the first major settlements in South Carolina. It quickly became wealthy due to the import and export of rice, cotton, and other goods.

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The fabled sea route that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

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A grant by the Spanish Queen to an American colonist that allows the colonist to demand forced labor and take the inhabitants land (Spanish plantations).

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The first attempt to create a permanent European settlement in SC. Settled in 1562 by the Spanish in current day Georgetown. The colony failed three months later due to a harsh winter and their leader's death.

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Unit II Vocabulary Exploration and Settlement Vocabulary

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Unit II Vocabulary Exploration and Settlement Vocabulary

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A Spanish Conquistador who led an exploration through South Carolina to the Mississippi in search of gold.

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A Spanish explorer. They mainly explored South America and Southern United States. Means "Conqueror".