Cash Crops, A crop that is grown to sell, not for the grower to use, Charter, A document granting permission to create a colony and defining its rights and privileges, Debt, Owing money, Plantocracy, A ruling class make up of wealthy planters who hold great influence over a society's politics, culture, and money, Elite, A group or class of people seen as having the greatest power and influence within a society, Militia, A small local army of civilians to be used in emergencies, Proprietor, The owner of property, started the Carolina colony, Tariff, A tax on imports, Parish, A district that can be used as a local unit of government, Freemen, In Colonial times, a white male property owner in the Carolina Colony, Headright, A tract of land offered to settlers who would come and work the land

Colonial Development Vocabulary

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